Humidity sensing based on nanoporous polymeric photonic crystals

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 391-396

  Shi, Jinjie ^a   Hsiao, Vincent K S ^a   Walker, Thomas R ^a   Huang, Tony Jun ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Holographic photopolymerization; Humidity sensor; Nanoporous; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; HOLOGRAPHY; NANOPORES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFERENCE PATTERNING; HOLOGRAPHIC PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

EID: 38149129418     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.08.037     Document Type: Article

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