Carbon nanotubes coated acoustic and optical VOCs sensors: Towards the tailoring of the sensing performances

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 601-611

  Consales, M ^a   Cutolo, A ^a   Penza, M ^b   Aversa, P ^b   Cassano, G ^b   Giordano, M ^c   Cusano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b Centro Ricerche Brindisi   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; LB deposition; Optical fiber VOC sensor; QCM acoustic VOC sensor

Indexed keywords

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

LB DEPOSITION; OPTICAL DETECTION; OPTICAL FIBER VOC SENSORS; QCM ACOUSTIC VOC SENSORS; SILICA OPTICAL FIBERS; VAPORS TESTING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 36348939976     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2007.907843     Document Type: Article

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