Electrical transport in polymer-covered silicon nanowires

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 661-665

  Fobelets, K ^a   Ding, P ^a   Mohseni Kiasari, N ^a   Durrani, Z ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite; nanowires (NWs); polymer; surface treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ELECTRONS; CONDUCTIVITY CHANGES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; FOUR-POINT PROBE MEASUREMENTS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYMER LAYERS; SI NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOWIRES; SINGLE WIRES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ESTERS; MEASUREMENTS; NANOWIRES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SILICON; SURFACE TREATMENT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84863744977     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2049746     Document Type: Article

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