title: Gas detection with vertical InAs nanowire arrays.
abstract: Nanowire-based devices show great promise for next generation (bio)chemical sensors as evidenced by the large volume of high-quality publications. Here, a nanoscale gas sensing device is presented, based on gold-free grown vertical InAs nanowire arrays. The nanowires are contacted Ohmically in their as-grown locations using an air bridge construction, leaving the nanowire surface free for gas adsorption. Noise measurements were performed to determine the measurement resolution for gas detection. These devices are sensitive to NO(2) concentrations well below 100 ppb at room temperature. NO(2) exposure leads to both a reduction in carrier density and electron mobility.
authors.affiliation: Holst Centre/IMEC-NL, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Peter.Offermans@imec-nl.nl
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Offermans
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crego-Calama
authors.forename: Sywert H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Brongersma
mesh_terms: D001152:Arsenicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D005740:Gases / Q000032:analysis*; D007204:Indium / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D001152:Arsenicals; D005740:Gases; D007204:Indium; C076773:indium arsenide; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide