Gold nanoparticle/organic networks as chemiresistor coatings: The effect of film morphology on vapor sensitivity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 12507-12514

  Joseph, Yvonne ^a   Guse, Berit ^a,b   Vossmeyer, Tobias ^a,c   Yasuda, Akio ^a,d  

^a Sony Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^b Tesa AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION CYCLES; FILM-THICKNESS; MULTI LAYERING;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FILM PREPARATION; LANDFORMS; MULTILAYERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THICK FILMS; TOLUENE; VAPORS;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

EID: 50649103463     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8013546     Document Type: Article

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