Metal-modified and vertically aligned carbon nanotube sensors array for landfill gas monitoring applications

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Penza, M ^a   Rossi, R ^a   Alvisi, M ^a   Serra, E ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; ARRAY SENSORS; CHEMIRESISTORS; CNT SENSORS; CO AND NO; CROSS SENSITIVITY; ELECTRICAL CHARGES; FE-COATED; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS DETECTION; GAS SENSITIVITY; GAS SENSOR ARRAYS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTENSITY RATIO; LANDFILL GAS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; MULTI-WALLED; MULTICOMPONENT GAS-MIXTURES; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMA; RAPID-HEATING; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RF-PECVD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM; SENSING ELEMENTS; SENSING MECHANISM; SENSING PROPERTY; TEM; TOP SURFACE; TUBE DIAMETERS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GAS DETECTORS; ION EXCHANGE; LAND FILL; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MIXTURES; NANOCLUSTERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLATINUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RUTHENIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSOR ARRAYS; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GASES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; RUTHENIUM; SILVER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GASES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PLATINUM; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RUTHENIUM; SILVER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77149173439     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/10/105501     Document Type: Article

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