High-quality, highly concentrated semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes for use in field effect transistors and biosensors

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6831-6839

  Li, Wen Shan ^a   Hou, Peng Xiang ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Sun, Dong Ming ^a   Yuan, Jiangtan ^a   Zhao, Shi Yong ^a   Yin, Li Chang ^a   Cong, Hongtao ^a   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; CVD; semiconducting; sensor; thin film transistor

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE DETECTIONS; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; SEMICONDUCTING; SITU HYDROGENS; THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFTS);

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

BIOSENSORS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; DOPAMINE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DOPAMINE; HYDROGEN; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 84883207921     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401998r     Document Type: Article

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