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Gas and Liquid Doping of Porous Silicon

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Handbook of Porous Silicon

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There is now both experimental and theoretical data relating to conductivity changes in porous silicon and other silicon nanostructures arising from the adsorption of specific molecules. The phenomenon is reviewed with emphasis on the potential mechanisms involved and its exploitation with regard sensing applications.

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  1. Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de Bellaterra, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain

    Riccardo Rurali

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    Leigh Canham

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Rurali, R. (2014). Gas and Liquid Doping of Porous Silicon. In: Canham, L. (eds) Handbook of Porous Silicon. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05744-6_66

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