In situ synthesized composite thin films of MWCNTs/PMMA doped with KOH as a resistive humidity sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-308

  Su, Pi Guey ^a   Wang, Chao Shen ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite material; Humidity sensor; In situ; KOH; MWCNTs; PMMA; Sensing mechanism

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIDITY SENSORS; HYSTERESIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; PMMA; SENSING MECHANISM;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 34249892809     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.12.034     Document Type: Article

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