Iron-oxide nanoparticles supported on sepiolite as a novel humidity sensor

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1983-1989

  Esteban Cubillo, Antonio ^a   Tulliani, Jean Marc ^b   Pecharromán, Carlos ^a   Moya, José S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Porosity; Sensor; Sepiolite; Surface

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POROSITY; SENSORS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HEMATITE; HUMIDITY SENSOR; SEPIOLITE; WET CHEMICAL ROUTE;

IRON OXIDES;

CLAY MINERALS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; IRON OXIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POROSITY; SENSORS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751525774     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2006.05.108     Document Type: Article

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