Design concepts, fabrication and advanced characterization methods of innovative piezoelectric sensors based on ZnO nanowires

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 23539-23562

  Araneo, Rodolfo ^a   Rinaldi, Antonio ^b,c   Notargiacomo, Andrea ^d   Bini, Fabiano ^a   Pea, Marialilia ^d   Celozzi, Salvatore ^a   Marinozzi, Franco ^a   Lovat, Giampiero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Conductive AFM; FEM analysis; FIB machining; Nanowire; Power law design; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ION BEAMS; NANOSENSORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; CONDUCTIVE AFM; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FEM ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; POWER-LAW;

DESIGN;

EID: 84924751464     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s141223539     Document Type: Article

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