Organic vapour sensors based on quartz crystal microbalance coated with self-assembled monolayers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-65

  Zhou, X C ^a   Zhong, L ^a   Li, S F Y ^a   Ng, S C ^a   Chan, H S O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Quartz crystal microbalance; Self assembled monolayers; functional groups

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADSORPTION; ALCOHOLS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MONOLAYERS; QUARTZ;

ORGANIC VAPOR SENSORS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM); SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS (SAM);

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0031190727     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(97)80313-9     Document Type: Article

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