Inkjet printed chemical sensor array based on polythiophene conductive polymers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 651-660

  Li, Bo ^a   Santhanam, Suresh ^a   Schultz, Lawrence ^b   Jeffries EL, Malika ^c   Iovu, Mihaela C ^c   Sauvé, Genevieve ^c   Cooper, Jessica ^c   Zhang, Rui ^c   Revelli, Joseph C ^d   Kusne, Aaron G ^a   Snyder, Jay L ^d   Kowalewski, Tomasz ^c   Weiss, Lee E ^b   McCullough, Richard D ^c   Fedder, Gary K ^a   Lambeth, David N ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemresistor; Gas sensing; Inkjet printing; Polythiophene; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PRINTING; SENSOR ARRAYS;

CHEMICAL SENSOR ARRAY; CHEMRESISTORS; TRANSDUCTION ELECTRODES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

INK JET PRINTING; SENSORS; VOC;

EID: 34247590160     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.09.064     Document Type: Article

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