A surface acoustic wave humidity sensor with high sensitivity based on electrospun MWCNT/Nafion nanofiber films

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Sheng, Lei ^a   Dajing, Chen ^a   Yuquan, Chen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING METHOD; ELECTROSPUNS; HIGH RESONANCE FREQUENCY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HUMIDITY DETECTION; HUMIDITY SENSING; NANOFIBER FILMS; POROUS STRUCTURES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SENSITIVE COMPONENTS; SHORT RESPONSE TIME; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATORS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROFITABILITY; RESONANCE; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; FLUOROCARBON; NANOFIBER; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACOUSTICS; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; HUMIDITY; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79957813454     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/26/265504     Document Type: Article

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