Electrical contacts of metals to carbon-nanotubes for applications to electrical coupling between miniaturized moving parts and sensors

2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 495-497

  Tzeng, Y ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Liu, C ^a   Krishnardula, V ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrical contacts; MEMS; Sensors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; ION BEAMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SENSORS;

CARRIER CURRENT; INTERCONNECTS; PRESSURE SENSORS; TEMPERATURE RESISTIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 20344380472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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