Chemical detection with a single-walled carbon nanotube capacitor

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5717, 2005, Pages 1942-1945

  Snow, E S ^a   Perkins, F K ^a   Houser, E J ^a   Badescu, S C ^a   Reinecke, T L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; POLARIZATION; SORPTION;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL VAPORS; CHEMICAPACITORS; MOLECULAR ADSORBATES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CAPACITORS;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 PROPANOL; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BENZENE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DIMETHYLMETHYLPHOSPHONATE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; METHANOL; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; POLYMER; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TRANSDUCER; VAPOR;

EID: 15544374415     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1109128     Document Type: Article

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