Polyaniline/silver nanocomposites: Dielectric properties and ethanol vapour sensitivity

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 318-325

  Choudhury, Arup ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Dielectric properties; Ethanol sensor; Morphology; PANI Ag nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MONOMERS; POLYANILINE; POLYMERS; SENSORS; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AC CONDUCTIVITIES; AG NANOPARTICLES; AGGREGATION EFFECTS; CONDUCTIVITY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ENERGY DISPERSIONS; ETHANOL SENSING; ETHANOL SENSOR; ETHANOL VAPOURS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FREQUENCY RANGES; IN-SITU; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PANI/AG NANOCOMPOSITE; SENSING MECHANISMS; TEM; TEM IMAGES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPIES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 63749108622     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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