Layered SAW gas sensor with single-walled carbon nanotube-based nanocomposite coating

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 168-178

  Penza, M ^a   Aversa, P ^a   Cassano, G ^a   Wlodarski, W ^b   Kalantar Zadeh, K ^b  

^a Centro Ricerche Brindisi   (Italy)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube based nanocomposite film; Langmuir Blodgett technique; Layered SAW gas sensor; ZnO LiTaO3 SAW structure

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

LANGMUIR BLODGETT TECHNIQUE; NANOCOMPOSITE COATING; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) SENSORS;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 34848859949     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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