Glossary
Mechanism for the growth of one-dimensional structures, such as nanowires, from vapor deposition. The growth of a crystal through direct adsorption of a gas phase on to a solid surface is generally very slow. The VLS mechanism circumvents this by introducing a catalytic liquid alloy phase which can rapidly adsorb a vapor to supersaturation levels, and from which crystal growth can subsequently occur from nucleated seeds at the liquid–solid interface
It is also called "vapor–liquid–solid method" (VLS).
It is also called "vapor–liquid–solid method" (VLS).
