Electric field induced dewetting and pattern formation in thin conducting polymer film

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-175

  Manigandan, S ^a   Majumder, Saptarshi ^b   Suresh, A ^c   Ganguly, Saibal ^d   Kargupta, Kajari ^e   Banerjee, Dipali ^f  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TATA RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN CENTRE   (India)

^c TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

^d NMRL   (India)

^e JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Conducting polymer; Doping; Electric field; Instability; Thin film; Vapor sensor

Indexed keywords

AFM; AIR INTERFACE; CAMPHOR SULFONIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR SENSORS; COLUMNAR MORPHOLOGY; DE-WETTING; DIELECTRIC POLYMERS; DIFFUSIONAL RESISTANCE; EMERALDINE BASE; EMERALDINE SALT; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; MICRO PATTERN; NUMBER DENSITY; PATTERN FORMATION; PERFORMANCE STUDY; SUBMICRON; THIN FILM VAPOR SENSOR;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYANILINE; SENSORS; STABILITY; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 74149086690     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.10.052     Document Type: Article

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