Gas sensors based on thick films of semi-conducting single walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3544-3552

  Battie, Yann ^a   Ducloux, Olivier ^b   Thobois, Philippe ^b   Dorval, Nelly ^b   Lauret, Jean Sébastien ^c   Attal Trétout, Brigitte ^b   Loiseau, Annick ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DETECTION LIMITS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FABRICATED SENSORS; FILM RESISTANCE; GAS EXPOSURE; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION MODEL; SEMI-CONDUCTING NANOTUBES; SENSING MECHANISM; SENSOR SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION LINE METHODS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON FILMS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; SENSORS; THICK FILMS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79958278975     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.04.054     Document Type: Article

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