Sensing breakdown

Electrical and Sensing Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Network: Effect of Alignment and Selective Breakdown

The electrical transport and NH3 sensing properties of randomly oriented and aligned SWNT networks were presented and discussed. The results indicate that aligned SWNT-FETs have better FET characteristics due to the reduced number of interconnected nodes. This was particularly true as the resistance of the devices increased. Gated electrical breakdown was implemented to selectively remove metal...

Breakdown analysis

It is a widely-supported tenet in human-computer interaction that the meaningful unit of analysis is not the technical device alone, but the technical device together with the person interacting with it; the reason is that what is a relevant property of a technology is only understandable with respect to the specific goals and resources activated during its usage. This basic reflection should a...

Nervous breakdown

L ike the waistband of your pants after Thanksgiving dinner, neurons have to be able to stretch and then return to shape. On page 269 Hammarlund et al. pinpoint the protein that confers this springiness, showing that neurons lacking the molecule fracture. Movements such as bending your elbow put strain on neurons, but the source of the cells' elasticity has been a mystery. Hammar-lund et al. su...

Dielectric breakdown I : A review of oxide breakdown

T he properties o f thin dielectrics remain very important tbr the reliability o f semiconductor devices. In the first place we think of the gate oxide in integrated circuits. It is well known that defects, contamination and metal impurities are hazardous for a sufficient lifetime of the integrated circuits. Therefore, a large effort is spent on the construction of better clean rooms, in the fi...

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy