A comprehensive review of one-dimensional metal-oxide nanostructure photodetectors

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6504-6529

  Zhai, Tianyou ^a   Fang, Xiaosheng ^a   Liao, Meiyong ^a   Xu, Xijin ^a   Zeng, Haibo ^a   Yoshio, Bando ^a   Golberg, Dmitri ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metal oxide semiconductor; One dimensional nanostructures; Photodetector; Sensor; Transistor

Indexed keywords

1-D NANOMATERIALS; 1-D NANOSTRUCTURES; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PHOTORESPONSES; RECENT PROGRESS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SENSOR CAPABILITY;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; METALS; MOS DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SENSORS; TRANSISTORS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 70349644298     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90806504     Document Type: Article

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