Design and fabrication of single chirality carbon nanotube-based sensors

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 26-29

  Cullinan, Michael A ^a   Culpepper, Martin L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirality; CNTs; Piezoresistive Sensor

Indexed keywords

CNTS; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; FABRICATION PROCESS; GAUGE FACTORS; HIGH PURITY; IMPURITIES IN; LOW RESISTANCE; NANOTUBE-BASED SENSORS; PIEZORESISTIVE SENSOR; PIEZORESISTIVE SENSORS; SENSOR SYSTEMS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

CENTRIFUGATION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; GAGES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

SENSORS;

EID: 84858991063     PISSN: 19449399     EISSN: 19449380     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2011.6144397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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