Design and fabrication of sensitive carbon nanotubes/PMMA film for acetone vapour detection

International Journal of Nanomanufacturing

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 268-277

  Ghasempour, Roghayeh ^a   Zad, Azam Iraji ^a   Nezhad, Mohammad Reza Hormozi ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acetone detection; Carbon nanotubes; CNTs; Nanomanufactured sensors; PMMA composite film; Polymethylmethacrylate

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS DETECTORS; POLYESTERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SILICA;

ACTIVE ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL SELECTIVITY; CNTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; PMMA FILMS; SPIN-COATING METHOD;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 77954339960     PISSN: 17469392     EISSN: 17469406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNM.2010.033869     Document Type: Article

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