Dispersed nanoelectrode devices

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Tricoli, Antonio ^a   Pratsinis, Sotiris E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRODES; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

BULK ELECTRODES; DEVICE RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; NANOPARTICLE STRUCTURES; NANOSCALE ELECTRODES; SOLID STATE GAS SENSORS;

NANOPARTICLES;

FUEL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRODE; GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SOLID STATE;

EID: 73849143924     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.349     Document Type: Article

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