Selective gas detection using a carbon nanotube sensor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2280-2282

  Chopra, S ^a   McGuire, K ^a   Gothard, N ^a   Rao, A M ^a   Pham, A ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS DETECTORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSORS;

NONPOLAR GASES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0142089966     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1610251     Document Type: Article

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