Polymer nanocomposite nanomechanical cantilever sensors: Material characterization, device development and application in explosive vapour detection

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 29, 2011, Pages

  Seena, V ^a   Fernandes, Avil ^a   Pant, Prita ^a   Mukherji, Soumyo ^a   Ramgopal Rao, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL SENSING; DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; FABRICATION PROCESS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LOW NOISE LEVELS; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MICRO CANTILEVER SENSORS; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; NANO-MECHANICAL CANTILEVER; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; NOISE CHARACTERIZATION; OPTIMAL RANGES; PARTS PER BILLION; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; PIEZORESISTOR; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SPRING CONSTANTS; SUBSTRATE EFFECTS; SURFACE STRESS; SURFACE STRESS MEASUREMENT; VAPOUR-PHASE; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL;

CARBON BLACK; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOINDENTATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; CARBON; COPOLYMERS; EXPLOSIVES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 79960447347     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/29/295501     Document Type: Article

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