Electrostatically functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube/PMMA composite thin films for organic vapor detection

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1179-1184

  Shukla, Prashant ^a   Bhatia, Vasuda ^a   Gaur, Vikesh ^a   Jain, Vinod Kumar ^a  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Composite; Corona based electrostatically functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Organic vapor; PMMA; Sensor

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE THIN FILMS; DICHLOROETHANE; DROP-CAST; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATRIX SWELLING; ORGANIC VAPORS; ORGANIC-VAPOR DETECTION; PARTS PER MILLIONS; PMMA; POLAR INTERACTIONS; SENSING MECHANISM;

BENZENE; CARBON FILMS; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; TOLUENE; VAPORS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79960729280     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2011.574668     Document Type: Article

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