Development of Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensors—A Review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-284

  Mahar, Benjamin ^a   Laslau, Cosmin ^a   Yip, Ronnie ^a   Sun, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); integration; nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS); sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008035393     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.886863     Document Type: Article

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