Kelvin Probe measurements of polymer coated gold substrates: Mechanism studies

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 266-272

  Hoerter, M ^a   Oprea, A ^a   Barsan N ^a   Weimar, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Field effect; Gas sensing; Kelvin Probe; Polyacrylic acid; Sensing mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CLADDING (COATING); CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; GOLD; MECHANISMS; METALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS; SODIUM; VOLTAMMETRY;

ADDITIONAL DATA; COATING POLYMERS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY (CV); ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS; FIELD EFFECT; FIELD EFFECTS; GAS SENSING; GOLD SUBSTRATES; INTRINSIC SENSITIVITY; KELVIN PROBE; KELVIN PROBE MEASUREMENTS; METAL SURFACES; METALLIC SAMPLES; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER-COATED METALS; SENSING MECHANISMS; SODIUM POLYACRYLATE; WORK FUNCTIONS;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

EID: 49549095543     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.04.048     Document Type: Article

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