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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-96956-6
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Body granting the degree
University of California, Davis
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Nanomaterials have significant use in sensor applications, specifically gas sensors due to their fine-tuning capability for desired sensor performance by controlling nanostructures. Silicon nanowires (Si NWs) are one of these nanostructures that has become popular due to its established fabrication, compatibility and great performance. While Si NWs have been studied widely for gas sensing applications, their geometry optimization and utilizing these structures as scanning field ionization current microscopy has not been explored.
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Electrical engineering; Physics
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Pure sciences;Applied sciences;Device;Field ionization;Nanowire;Semiconductor;Silicon