Chitin-polyaniline blend as humidity sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Ramaprasad, A T ^a   Rao, Vijayalakshmi ^a  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blends; Chitin; Conducting polymers; Humidity sensors; Polyaniline

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BLEND FILMS; BLENDS; ELECTRODE SEPARATION; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; FREESTANDING FILMS; FTIR; HUMIDITY EXPOSURES; HUMIDITY SENSITIVE; LINEAR RESPONSE; POLYANILINE BLENDS; PROCESSABLE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF-DOPED; SEM; SOLUTION BLENDING; TEMPERATURE RANGE; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BLENDING; CHITIN; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYANILINE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

MOISTURE;

EID: 77953916604     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.05.044     Document Type: Article

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