Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotube array electrodes with gold nanoparticle tips

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-212

  Yun, YeoHeung ^a   Dong, Zhongyun ^b   Shanov, Vesselin N ^c   Doepke, Amos ^c   Heineman, William R ^c   Halsall, H Brian ^c   Bhattacharya, Amit ^b   Wong, Danny K Y ^d   Schulz, Mark J ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cyclic voltammetry; Reactive ion etching

Indexed keywords

AMPEROMETRIC SENSORS; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BUILDINGS; CARBON; COPPER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; METALLIZING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL DESIGN; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; REDUCTION; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; TOWERS; VOLTAMMETRY;

(O-SEC.-BUTYLDITHIOCARBONATIO-S ,S') COPPER; AU PARTICLES; BIO SENSOR; BIO-CONJUGATION; CARBON NANOTUBE (CNT) ARRAYS; DEPOSITED CARBON; DEPOSITION TIMES; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE (EIS); ELSEVIER (CO); GOLD DEPOSITION; GOLD NANO PARTICLES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES (NANO-AU); IMMUNOSENSING; LABEL FREE; MULTI WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNT); NANO TUBE; NANOTUBE TIPS; REACTIVE ION; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS (SAMS);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 46449109951     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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