Low frequency a.c. response of polypyrrole gas sensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 97-103

  Musio, Fernando ^a   Ferrara, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a Centro Nazionale per la Ricerca e lo Sviluppo dei Materiali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conducting polymers; Gas sensors; Low frequency a.c. measurements; Polypyrrole

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AGING OF MATERIALS; CAPACITANCE; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ETHANOL; METHANOL; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTIC FILMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ETHYL ACETATE; POLYPYRROLE GAS SENSORS; SENSOR SELECTIVITY;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0031167806     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(97)80282-1     Document Type: Article

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