Structure-conductivity relations of simulated highly porous nanoparticle aggregate films

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 853-863

  Riefler, Norbert ^a   Mädler, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Gas sensor layers; Modeling and simulation; Nanoparticle aggregate films; Percolation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GAS SENSORS; MODELING AND SIMULATION; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE FILMS;

AGGREGATES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS DETECTORS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MODELS; NANOPARTICLES; SOLVENTS;

AGGLOMERATION;

NANOFILM; NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955087966     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9701-3     Document Type: Article

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