Gold nanoparticle/PPI-dendrimer based chemiresistors - Vapor-sensing properties as a function of the dendrimer size

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 137-143

  Krasteva, Nadejda ^a   Guse, Berit ^a   Besnard, Isabelle ^a   Yasuda, Akio ^a   Vossmeyer, Tobias ^a  

^a Sony Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemiresistor; Dendrimers; Gold; Nanoparticles; Poly(propyleneimine)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; TOLUENE;

CHEMIRESISTORS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0038587480     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00250-8     Document Type: Article

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