Increasing chemical selectivity of carbon nanotube-based sensors by fluctuation-enhanced sensing

Fluctuation and Noise Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-287

  MolnÁr, Dániel ^a   Heszler, Péter ^a   Mingesz, Róbert ^a   Gingl, Zoltán ^a   Kukovecz, Ákos ^a   KÓnya, Zoltán ^a   Haspel, Henrik ^a   Mohl, Melinda ^a   SÁpi, András ^a   Kiricsi, Imre ^a   KordÁs, Krisztiáa ^b   MÄklin, Jani ^b   Halonen, Niina ^b   TÓth, Geéza ^b   Moilanen, Hannu ^c   Roth, Siegmar ^d   Vajtai, Róbert ^e   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^e   Pouillon, Yann ^f   Rubio, Angel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Laserprobe LP Ltd   (Finland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e Rice University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube based sensors; Chemical selectivity; fluctuation enhanced sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955183389     PISSN: 02194775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219477510000228     Document Type: Article

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