Sensitivity to NO2 and cross-sensitivity analysis to NH 3, ethanol and humidity of carbon nanotubes thin film prepared by PECVD

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 195-202

  Cantalini, Carlo ^a   Valentini, Luca ^b   Armentano, Ilaria ^b   Lozzi, Luca ^a   Kenny, J M ^b   Santucci, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Carbon nanotubes; Cross sensitivity; Ethanol; Humidity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ETHANOL; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CROSS-SENSITIVITY;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0042234127     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00418-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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