Table 1 Growth conditions for one-dimensional LaB6 nanostructures

From: Fabrication of vertically aligned single-crystalline lanthanum hexaboride nanowire arrays and investigation of their field emission

Sample

Si substrates

Catalysts

Distance between the source and the substrates (cm)

T (°C)

t (min)

Reactionpressure (Pa)

Wash gas: the ratio of H 2 /Ar and flow (s.c.c.m.)

Reaction gas: the ratio of H 2 /B 2 H 6 and flow (s.c.c.m.)

a

<100>

No

3

930

30

15

3:7; 100

1:19; 30

b

<100>

No

8

930

30

15

3:7; 100

1:19; 30

c

<100>

No

5

970

30

15

3:7; 100

1:19; 30

d

<100>

No

8

970

30

15

3:7; 100

1:19; 30