Rice-straw-like structure of silicon nanowire arrays for a hydrogen gas sensor

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 47, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Bohr Ran ^a   Yang, Ying Kan ^a   Cheng, Hsien Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLESS ETCHINGS; GAS CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN GAS SENSING; HYDROGEN GAS SENSORS; HYDROGEN-SENSING; SENSING PROPERTY; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SILICON NANOWIRES;

GAS DETECTORS; NANOWIRES; SENSORS; SILICON OXIDES;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84887598520     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/47/475502     Document Type: Article

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