Carbon nanotube-based sensors for detection of gas atoms

Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Arash, Behrouz ^a   Wang, Quan ^a   Varadan, Vijay K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency shifts; Molecular dynamics; Nanosensor; Noble gasses; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY SHIFT; GAS ATOMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOTUBE-BASED SENSORS; NOBLE GAS; NOBLE GAS ATOMS; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON;

ATOMS; DENSITY OF GASES; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; INERT GASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSENSORS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79957537460     PISSN: 19492944     EISSN: 19492952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003967     Document Type: Article

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