Gas sensing with au-decorated carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4592-4599

  Zanolli, Zeila ^a,d   Leghrib, Radouane ^b   Felten, Alexandre ^c   Pireaux, Jean Jacques ^c   Llobet, Eduard ^b   Charlier, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; electronic structure; metal nanoparticle decoration; oxygen plasma treatment; quantum transport; room temperature gas sensing

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LEVELS; AU NANOPARTICLE; DETECTION OF POLLUTANT; DROP COATINGS; ELECTRONIC CHARGES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FUNCTIONALIZED; GAS SENSING; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLE DECORATION; MICROSCOPIC FEATURES; MOLECULAR SPECIES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; OXYGEN PLASMAS; QUANTUM CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSING MECHANISM; SENSING PROCESS; SENSING PROPERTY; SENSOR SUBSTRATES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GAS ADSORPTION; GAS DETECTORS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; ION EXCHANGE; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLLUTION DETECTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

GASES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXYGEN; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79959799194     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200294h     Document Type: Article

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