Ultralow-voltage field-ionization discharge on whiskered silicon nanowires for gas-sensing applications

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-140

  Banan Sadeghian, Ramin ^a   Saif Islam, M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON; SURFACE STATES;

AMPLIFICATION EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; FIELD PENETRATION; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMATERIALS; SILICON NANOWIRES; ULTRA-LOW-VOLTAGE;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

EID: 79151477009     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2944     Document Type: Article

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