Integration of self-assembled metal-catalyzed semiconductor nanowires for sensors and large-area electronics

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3096-3106

  Kamins, Theodore I ^a,b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanotechnology; Semiconductor devices; Semiconductor materials; Sensors; Transducers

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC WIRE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SENSORS; SILICON; SUBSTRATES;

AU CATALYSTS; CATALYST MATERIALS; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RESONANT SENSORS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES; SI NANOWIRES;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 56649123423     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2008.2005177     Document Type: Article

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