A wireless, passive carbon nanotube-based gas sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 82-88

  Ong, Keat Ghee ^b   Zeng, Kefeng ^b   Grimes, Craig A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Carbon dioxide; Carbon nanotube; Gas sensor; Oxygen; Remote query

Indexed keywords

MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBE (MWNT); PHYSISORPTION; REMOTE QUERY; WIRELESS SENSORS;

CALIBRATION; CAPACITORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMISORPTION; OXYGEN; PERMITTIVITY; RESONANT CIRCUITS; SILICA;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33748498942     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2002.1000247     Document Type: Article

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