Tuning the functional interface of carbon nanotubes by electrochemistry: Toward nanoscale chemical sensors and biosensors

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 391-402

  Balasubramanian, Kannan ^a   Kurkina, Tetiana ^a   Ahmad, Ashraf ^a   Burghard, Marko ^a   Kern, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C; Nanostructure; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; BIOLOGICAL SENSORS; C; DETECTION LIMITS; FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE CHEMICAL SENSORS; NANOTUBE SURFACE; RATIONAL DESIGN;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSENSORS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84856173485     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.410     Document Type: Review

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