Controlling the sensing properties of silicon nanowires via the bonds nearest to the silicon nanowire surface

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 11315-11321

  Halpern, Jeffrey Mark ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Haick, Hossam ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

field effect transistor; gas sensor; monolayer; Si C bond; silicon nanowire

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MONOLAYERS; NANOWIRES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

NONPOLAR MOLECULES; SENSING PROPERTY; SENSING SURFACE; SENSITIVE SENSORS; SENSOR SENSITIVITY; SI-C BOND; SILICON NANOWIRE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SILICON NANOWIRES;

SILICON;

EID: 84930644125     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01721     Document Type: Article

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