Effect of film thickness and different electrode geometries on the performance of chemical sensors made of nanostructured conducting polymer films

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 484-492

  Wiziack, Nadja Karolina Leonel ^a   Paterno, Leonardo Giordano ^b   Fonseca, Fernando Josepetti ^a   Mattoso, Luiz Henrique Capparelli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical sensor; Conducting polymers; Electrodes; Electronic tongue; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

FILM THICKNESS; MICROELECTRODES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYSTYRENES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ELECTRODE GEOMETRIES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED CONDUCTING POLYMER FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33947109495     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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