Nanostructured copper thin film used for catalysis

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-149

  de Carvalho, Alexsander Tressino ^a   Lima, Roberto da Rocha ^a   Silva, Lilian Marques ^a   Fachini, Estevão ^b   da Silva, Maria Lucia Pereira ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^c FACULDADE DE TECNOLOGIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Metallic thin film; Sample pretreatment; Sensor; VOC'S

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

METALLIC THIN FILMS; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 40749153178     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.07.131     Document Type: Article

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