Hybrid polymer/cobalt chloride humidity sensors based on optical diffraction

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Tsigara, A ^a,b   Mountrichas, G ^a   Gatsouli, K ^a,b   Nichelatti, A ^a   Pispas, S ^a   Madamopoulos, N ^a   Vainos, N A ^a,c   Du, H L ^d   Roubani Kalantzopoulou, F ^b  

^a THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composites; Diffraction; Humidity; Photonics; Sensors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; POLYMERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; INORGANIC SOLUTION; PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33845645394     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.02.046     Document Type: Article

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