Ultrahigh sensitive piezotronic strain sensors based on a ZnSnO3 nanowire/microwire

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4369-4374

  Wu, Jyh Ming ^a,b   Chen, Cheng Ying ^a,d   Zhang, Yan ^a   Chen, Kuan Hsueh ^b   Yang, Ya ^a   Hu, Youfan ^a   He, Hau ^d   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flexible; Gauge factor; Nanowires microwires; Strain sensor

Indexed keywords

GAGES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TIN COMPOUNDS; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

FLEXIBLE; GAGE FACTORS; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; I - V CURVE; MICROWIRE; NANOWIRE/MICROWIRE; RHOMBOHEDRAL STRUCTURES; SPACE GROUPS; STRAIN SENSORS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84864643989     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3010558     Document Type: Article

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