Vertical SnSe nanorod arrays: From controlled synthesis and growth mechanism to thermistor and photoresistor

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Cao, Jinli ^a,b   Wang, Zhenxing ^a   Zhan, Xueying ^a   Wang, Qisheng ^a   Safdar, Muhammad ^a   Wang, Yajun ^a   He, Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

negative temperature coefficient resistance; photoresponse; thermistor; tin selenide; vertical growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894137743     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/10/105705     Document Type: Article

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