Chemiresistors for ethanol detection in hydrocarbons

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Zanelli, Alberto ^a   Bassini, Serena ^b   Giorgetti, Marco ^b   Li, Yang ^c   Yang, Mu Jie ^c  

^a Istituto Per La Sintesi Organica E La Fotoreattività   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemiresistor; Ethanol sensor; Functional polymer; Gasoline quality; Impedance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMIRESISTORS; ETHANOL SENSOR; ETHANOL SENSORS; GASOLINE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ETHANOL; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; SENSORS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 77953914408     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.04.037     Document Type: Article

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