Theory of signal and noise in double-gated nanoscale electronic pH sensors

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Go, Jonghyun ^a   Nair, Pradeep R ^a,b   Alam, Muhammad A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL THEORY; BIASING SCHEME; LOWER LIMITS; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; NANOSCALE DEVICE; NANOSCALE ELECTRONICS; NANOWIRE SENSORS; NOISE LEVELS; PH CHANGE; PH-SENSITIVITY; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR); ULTRA-SMALL;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; PH; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PH SENSORS;

EID: 84865223689     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4737604     Document Type: Article

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