Assembly, conductivity, and chemical reactivity of sub-monolayer gold nanoparticle junction arrays

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 947-952

  French, Robert W ^a   Milsom, Elizabeth V ^a   Moskalenko, Andriy V ^b   Gordeev, Sergey N ^b   Marken, Frank ^a  

^a University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly; Chemiresistor; Gas; Gold nanoparticle; Ozone; Random arrays; Sensor; Thiol; Tunnel junction; UV

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLD; MONOLAYERS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE JUNCTION ARRAYS; TIN DOPED INDIUM OXIDE (ITO);

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 38949093229     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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