Carbon nanomaterials: Controlled growth and field-effect transistor biosensors

Frontiers of Materials Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-46

  Wang, Xiao Na ^a   Hu, Ping An ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biosensor; carbon nanotube (CNT); field effect transistor (FET); graphene; preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863282933     PISSN: 2095025X     EISSN: 20950268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-012-0160-x     Document Type: Review

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