Effect of soft-hard segment structure on vapor responsiveness of polyurethane conducting composite thin films loaded with multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-22

  Luo, Yan Ling ^a   Wang, Bi Xia ^a   Xu, Feng ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conducting polymer composites; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Polyurethanes; Sensing properties; Thin films

Indexed keywords

1 ,6-HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; CHAIN EXTENDERS; CHEMICAL LINKAGE; COMB-LIKE; COMPOSITE CONDUCTING FILMS; COMPOSITE SENSORS; CONDUCTING COMPOSITES; CONDUCTING POLYMER COMPOSITES; COUPLING REACTION; DISPERSION BEHAVIOR; DISPERSION QUALITY; DISPERSIVITY; ELECTRODE SUBSTRATES; FTIR; HYDROXYL-TERMINATED; IN-SITU; MATRIX; SEM; SENSING PROPERTIES; SENSING PROPERTY; TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE; VAPOR SENSING; VOLATILE ORGANIC SOLVENTS; XRD , TEM;

ACETONE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BUTADIENE; CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COLLOIDS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DEPOSITION; ETHERS; FILM PREPARATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMER FILMS; SENSORS; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 79957790575     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.03.067     Document Type: Article

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