Micro gas preconcentrator made of a film of single-walled carbon nanotubes

IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 207-211

  Takada, Shuji ^a   Nakai, Takashi ^a   Thurakitseree, Theerapol ^a   Shiomi, Junichiro ^a   Maruyama, Shigeo ^a   Takagi, Hideki ^b   Shuzo, Masaki ^a,c   Delaunay, Jean Jacques ^a,c   Yamada, Ichiro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorbent material; Concentration factor; Micro gas preconcentrator; Single walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT MATERIALS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; GC DETECTOR; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; HOT WATER; MICRO-GAS; MICROFABRICATED; NEW APPLICATIONS; PRE-CONCENTRATOR; PRECONCENTRATORS; PROMISING MATERIALS; SMALL SIZE; SORBENT MATERIALS; TRACE ANALYTES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS ADSORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASES; MATERIALS; SORPTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77954437298     PISSN: 13418939     EISSN: 13475525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejsmas.130.207     Document Type: Article

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