Electron-tunneling modulation in percolating network of graphene quantum dots: Fabrication, phenomenological understanding, and humidity/pressure sensing applications

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1757-1763

  Sreeprasad, T S ^a   Rodriguez, Alfredo Alexander ^a   Colston, Jonathan ^a   Graham, Augustus ^a   Shishkin, Evgeniy ^a   Pallem, Vasanta ^a   Berry, Vikas ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

electron tunneling; Graphene; humidity sensor; microfibers; nano arrays; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CAPACITANCE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MODULATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORIBBONS; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); POLYELECTROLYTES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CARBON-CARBON BOND; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); HYGROSCOPIC POLYMERS; MICROFIBERS; NANOARRAYS; PERCOLATING NETWORKS; SENSING APPLICATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

GRAPHENE;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE;

ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; HUMIDITY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84876038822     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl4003443     Document Type: Article

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