A novel concept for humidity compensated sub-ppm ammonia detection

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-184

  Pacher, Peter ^a   Lex, Alexandra ^b   Eder, Sabrina ^a   Trimmel, Gregor ^b   Slugovc, Christian ^b   List, Emil J W ^a,c   Zojer, Egbert ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c NanoTecCenter Weiz Forschungsgesellschaft mbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambient conditions; Ammonia; Conducting polymer; Humidity; Organic sensor; PEDOT PSS; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA DETECTION; AMMONIA GAS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; HUMIDITY LEVELS; NOVEL CONCEPT; ORGANIC SENSORS; PEDOT/PSS; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); SENSOR CONCEPTS; SENSOR ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; SENSORS; STYRENE;

AMMONIA;

EID: 76949091066     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.11.049     Document Type: Article

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