... VLS7-10 and laser ablation.11-15In thermal evaporation, oxides were found to play a dominant rolein the nucleation and growth of Si nanowires. The growth mechanism of Si nanowires from thermal evaporation ... Temperature-Controlled Growth of Silicon- Based Nanostructures by Thermal Evaporation of SiO PowdersZ. W. Pan,†Z. R. Dai,†L. Xu,‡S. T. Lee,‡,* and Z. L. Wang*,†,§School of Materials Science and Engineering, ... Si/SiO2target,11,15 and thermal evaporation of Si-SiO2mixture11,16,17or SiO pow-ders.11,18Among these techniques, the thermal evaporation techniquedeveloped by Lee et al.11is of particular interest and...