Photoresponsive nanoscale columnar transistors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 691-696

  Guo, Xuefeng ^a   Xiao, Shengxiong ^b   Myers, Matthew ^b   Miao, Qian ^c   Steigerwald, Michael L ^b   Nuckolls, Colin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Field effect transistor; Nanofabrication; Nanoscience; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CORONENE; METAL; NANOMATERIAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FILM; FILM COATING; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

TETRA;

EID: 58849103614     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807596106     Document Type: Article

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