The evaluation of a pyroelectric detector with a sprayed carbon multi-wall nanotube black coating in the infrared

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-38

  Theocharous, Evangelos ^a   Lehman, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black coatings; Carbon nanotube coatings; Infrared absorbance; Linearity; Pyroelectric detectors; Responsivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE COATINGS; INFRARED ABSORBANCE; LINEARITY; PYRO-ELECTRIC DETECTORS; RESPONSIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DETECTORS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PYROELECTRICITY; SPRAYED COATINGS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BLACK COATINGS;

EID: 78650619280     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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