Vapour sensing using hybrid organic-inorganic nanostructured materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 183-188

  Evans, Stephen D ^a   Johnson, Simon R ^a   Cheng, Yaling L ^a   Shen, Tiehan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVAPORATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOPARTICLE; VAPOR;

EID: 0034127479     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a903951a     Document Type: Article

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