Fabrication and experimental testing of individual multi-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) based infrared sensors

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 511-514

  Zhang, Jiangbo ^a   Xi, Ning ^a   Chen, Hongzhi ^a   Lai, King Wai Chiu ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXPERIMENTS; FABRICATION; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SENSORS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ABSORPTION DEPTHS; BANDGAP; CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; DEPOSITION SYSTEMS; DIELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWNS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FABRICATION METHODS; INFRARED SENSORS; IR SENSORS; NANOMANIPULATION SYSTEMS; NANOTUBE WALLS; OUTER LAYERS; PRODUCTION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING PROPERTIES; SPECIAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 48349126167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2007.4388448     Document Type: Conference Paper

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