High-yield fabrication of graphene chemiresistors with dielectrophoresis

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 751-759

  Li, Pengfei ^a   Lei, Nan ^b   Xu, Jie ^b   Xue, Wei ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemiresistor; dielectrophoresis; graphene; liquid gated field effect transistor (FET)

Indexed keywords

CARBON-BASED; CHEMIRESISTORS; COMB FINGERS; COMB-SHAPED ELECTRODES; ELECTRODE GAP; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH-PRECISION; LARGE-SCALE ARRAYS; P-TYPE; PH SENSITIVITY; PH VALUE; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; SHEET STRUCTURE;

ELECTROPHORESIS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIQUIDS; PH; SILICON WAFERS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84863302771     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2012.2196524     Document Type: Article

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