A breath sensor using carbon nanotubes operated by field effects of polarization and ionization

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 328-334

  Chen, Xiaohang ^a   Wang, Yanyan ^a   Wang, Yuhua ^a   Hou, Zhongyu ^a   Xu, Dong ^a   Yang, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Yafei ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Exhaled breath; Microfabrication breath sensor; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Response; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; ANTI-INTERFERENCE; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; EXHALED BREATH; FIELD EFFECTS; FLOW STRENGTH; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HUMAN BREATH; MICROFABRICATED; RAPID RESPONSE; REAL TIME MONITORING; RESPONSE; RESPONSE SENSITIVITY; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE SHIFT;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROMACHINING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77949340585     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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