Room-temperature, selective detection of benzene at trace levels using plasma-treated metal-decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3477-3484

  Leghrib, Radouane ^a   Felten, Alexandre ^b   Demoisson, Fréderic ^c   Reniers, François ^c   Pireaux, Jean Jacques ^b   Llobet, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE VAPORS; DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; METAL DECORATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSENSOR ARRAYS; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PLASMA TREATMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE DETECTION; SINGLE-STEP; TARGET MOLECULE; TRACE LEVEL;

ADSORPTION; BENZENE; GOLD; HYBRID MATERIALS; METAL CLEANING; METALS; MICROSENSORS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; RHODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77955416233     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.05.045     Document Type: Article

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