Humidity sensitivity of carbon nanotube and poly (Dimethyldiallylammonium Chloride) composite films

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1308-1314

  Liu, Litao ^a   Ye, Xiongying ^a   Wu, Kang ^a   Zhou, Zhaoying ^a   Lee, Dongjin ^b   Cui, Tianhong ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); Composite film; Humidity sensitivity; Layer by layer (LbL) self assembly; Poly (dimethyldiallylammonium chloride)

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; FAST RESPONSE; FILM RESISTANCE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HUMIDITY SENSITIVITY; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LAYER BY LAYER SELF ASSEMBLY; LAYER-BY-LAYER SELF-ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE; LINEAR BEHAVIOR; NEGATIVE COEFFICIENTS; POLY(DIMETHYLDIALLYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RESISTANCE CHANGE; RESISTANCE INCREASE; RESISTANCE STABILITY; SHORT RECOVERY TIME; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; THERMAL-ANNEALING; WATER MOLECULE; WATER VAPOR DENSITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SELF ASSEMBLY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 78349261503     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2030381     Document Type: Article

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