A novel gas sensor based on tunneling-field-ionization on whisker-covered gold nanowires

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-169

  Sadeghian, Ramin Banan ^a,b   Kahrizi, Mojtaba ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field enhancement; Field ionization; Gas sensor; Gold nanowires

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GOLD; IONIZATION OF GASES; NANOWIRES; POLYSTYRENES;

FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FIELD IONIZATION; GAS IONIZATION SENSORS (GIS);

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 38349108480     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.912788     Document Type: Article

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