Room temperature ammonia sensors based on zinc oxide and functionalized graphite and multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-154

  Tulliani, Jean Marc ^a   Cavalieri, Alessio ^a   Musso, Simone ^a,b   Sardella, Eloisa ^c   Geobaldo, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia sensor; Carbon nanotubes; Functionalization; Graphite; Screen printing

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA SENSORS; CARBOXYL GROUPS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; PLANAR SENSORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCREEN-PRINTED; UNDER WATER; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZNO;

AMMONIA; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHITE; SCREEN PRINTING; SENSORS; WATER VAPOR; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79952454844     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.11.057     Document Type: Article

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