Two-dimensional materials for sensing: Graphene and beyond

Electronics (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 651-687

  Varghese, Seba Sara ^a,b   Varghese, Saino Hanna ^c   Swaminathan, Sundaram ^b   Singh, Krishna Kumar ^b   Mittal, Vikas ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (United Arab Emirates)

^c CATHOLICATE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Electronic properties; Gas sensing; Sensor performance; Two dimensional materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958156180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/electronics4030651     Document Type: Review

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