Effect of chemical oxidation on the gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 735-744

  Xu, Min ^a   Sun, Zhuo ^a   Chen, Qun ^a   Tay, Beng Kang ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemical oxidation; Gas sensor; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; NH3; NO2; Oxidation time; Temperature.

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NITROGEN OXIDES; TEMPERATURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; DROP-COATING METHOD; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION TIME; SENSOR SUBSTRATES;

OXIDATION;

EID: 66749175777     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2009.025311     Document Type: Article

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