Insulator coated metal nanoparticles with a core/shell geometry exhibit a temperature sensitivity similar to advanced spinels

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-129

  Athanassiou, Evagelos K ^a   Mensing, Christian ^b   Stark, Wendelin J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bandgap; Carbon; Copper; NTC; Sensor; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; COPPER; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY GAP; INSULATING MATERIALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BANDGAP STRUCTURE; CARBON LAYERS; GRAPHENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34347238205     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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