Highly sensitive thin film NH3 gas sensor operating at room temperature based on SnO2/MWCNTs composite

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 888-895

  Van Hieu, Nguyen ^a,b   Thuy, Luong Thi Bich ^a   Chien, Nguyen Duc ^a,b  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Gas sensors; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

MICROELECTRONICS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS;

OPTIMAL COMPOSITE SENSORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 38949096404     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.09.088     Document Type: Article

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