Layer-by-Layer assembly and humidity sensitive behavior of poly(ethyleneimine)/multiwall carbon nanotube composite films

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 512-515

  Yu, Haihu ^a   Cao, Tong ^a   Zhou, Lingde ^a   Gu, Erdan ^a   Yu, Dingshan ^a   Jiang, Desheng ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite film; Humidity sensitive behavior; Layer by layer assembly; Multiwall carbon nanotubes; Poly(ethyleneimine)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION;

COMPOSITE FILMS; HUMIDITY SENSITIVE BEHAVIOR; MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNT); POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

LAYERED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33748741264     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.12.048     Document Type: Article

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