Investigation of contact and bulk resistance of conducting polymers by simultaneous two- and four-point technique

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 352-357

  Hao, Qingli ^a   Kulikov, Valentin ^a   Mirsky, Vladimir M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemoresistor; Conductometric chemosensor; Electropolymerization; Four point technique; Gas sensor

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; GOLD; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PLATINUM; POLYMERS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

EID: 0042591804     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00456-8     Document Type: Article

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