A novel ammonia sensor based on high density, small diameter polypyrrole nanowire arrays

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 204-209

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Meng, Fanli ^a,b   Chen, Yan ^a,b   Liu, Jinyun ^a   Sun, Yufeng ^a,c   Luo, Tao ^a   Li, Minqiang ^a   Liu, Jinhuai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c ANHUI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO); Nanowire arrays; Polypyrrole (PPy)

Indexed keywords

AAO TEMPLATE; AMMONIA SENSORS; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE (AAO); ANODIZING PROCESS; GOLD WIRE; HF ACID; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH RESPONSE; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; POLYPYRROLE NANOWIRES; RECOVERY TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SI SUBSTRATES; SMALL-DIAMETER;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; NANOWIRES; OXIDES; POLYPYRROLES; SENSORS;

ALUMINA;

EID: 70349255504     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.07.042     Document Type: Article

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