Understanding the electrical response and sensing mechanism of carbon-nanotube-based gas sensors

Carbon

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2015, Pages 330-337

  Dube, Isha ^a   Jiménez, David ^b   Fedorov, Georgy ^c,d,e   Boyd, Anthony ^a   Gayduchenko, Igor ^e,f   Paranjape, Makarand ^a   Barbara, Paola ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRODES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; NANOSENSORS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR METAL BOUNDARIES; WORK FUNCTION; YARN;

CALIBRATION STANDARD; CONTACT PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; SCHOTTKY BARRIER HEIGHTS; SENSING MECHANISM; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSISTOR CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSISTOR PARAMETERS;

CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84928403129     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.01.060     Document Type: Article

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