Optical humidity sensing characteristics of Ag-Polyaniline nanocomposite

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 648-653

  Fuke, Madhavi V ^a   Vijayan, Anu ^a   Kanitkar, Prajakta ^a   Aiyer, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Ag Polyaniline nanocomposite; Optical sensor; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

AG-POLYANILINE NANOCOMPOSITE; COATED LAYERS; CYCLE TO CYCLE VARIATION; FAST RECOVERY; OPTICAL HUMIDITY SENSING; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; POLYANILINE NANOCOMPOSITES; QUICK RESPONSE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEM; SPIN-COATED FILMS; TWO-TEMPERATURE; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MOISTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLYANILINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

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EID: 65849408243     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2020662     Document Type: Article

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