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Alignment and Transfer of Nanowires in a Spinning Langmuir Film

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Synthesis and Characterization of Piezotronic Materials for Application in Strain/Stress Sensing

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Organization of a large number of nanowires is an important aspect in the fabrication of integrated piezotronic strain sensors. A good arrangement of a nanowire array makes it easier to do electrode deposition, device isolation, packaging, and other processes during the fabrication. It also determines how sensitive those piezotronic nanostructures are to mechanical signals from certain directions.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Ren Zhu

  2. School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710126, China

    Rusen Yang

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Zhu, R., Yang, R. (2018). Alignment and Transfer of Nanowires in a Spinning Langmuir Film. In: Synthesis and Characterization of Piezotronic Materials for Application in Strain/Stress Sensing. Mechanical Engineering Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70038-0_3

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