Highly sensitive piezoresistance behaviors of n-type 3C-SiC nanowires

We reported the piezoresistance behaviors of n-type 3C-SiC nanowires, which show that the present SiC nanowires could be an excellent candidate for building robust pressure sensors with high sensitivities.

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