Experimental optical characterization and polymeric layouts of gold PDMS nanocomposite sensor for liquid detection

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1780-1786

  Massaro, Alessandro ^a   Spano, Fabrizio ^a   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Athanassiou, Athanassia ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite materials; optical sensors; permittivity sensing

Indexed keywords

FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD MODELING; MULTI-MODE RECEIVERS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL RADIATIONS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTIVITY; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TRANSMITTIVITY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ETHANOL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GOLD; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL FIBERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SENSORS;

COMPOSITES; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; JOINING; POLYMERS; RADIATION; ROBOTS; SENSORS; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 79960985639     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2104414     Document Type: Article

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