Sensing mechanism investigation on semiconductor quantum dot/polymer thin film based hydrocarbon sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-33

  Zhao, Zhouying ^a   Arrandale, Mayrita ^a   Vassiltsova, Oxana V ^a   Petrukhina, Marina A ^a   Carpenter, Michael A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

CdSe quantum dots; Hydrocarbon sensing; Scattering; Wetting

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LIGANDS; BACKGROUND SIGNALS; BOUND LIGANDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; DETECTION LIMITS; EXCITATION LIGHT; FUNCTIONALIZED; HYDROCARBON SENSING; HYDROCARBON SENSORS; INVERSION POINT; LOW LEVEL; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; POLYMER MATRICES; QUENCHING PROCESS; SELECTIVE DETECTION; SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; SENSING MECHANISM; SENSING PROPERTY; SENSING SIGNALS; SENSING TECHNIQUES; SI SUBSTRATES; SILICON SUBSTRATES;

ABSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ESTERS; LIGANDS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LOADING; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBSTRATES; WETTING; XYLENE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 67949094218     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.06.036     Document Type: Article

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