QCM based mercury vapor sensor modified with polypyrrole supported palladium

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 616-622

  Sabri, Y M ^a   Kojima, R ^b   Ippolito, S J ^a   Wlodarski, W ^a   Kalantar Zadeh, K ^a   Kaner, R B ^a,b   Bhargava, S K ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Palladium; Polypyrrole; QCM; Sensing

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TESTING; DRY NITROGEN; FTIR; HUMIDITY LEVELS; MATRIX; MERCURY VAPOR; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PALLADIUM ACETATE; QCM; SENSING; SENSING MATERIAL; SUPPORTED PALLADIUM; THIN LAYERS; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS; VAPOR SENSING;

MERCURY (METAL); NANOFIBERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYPYRROLES; VAPORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 81155155521     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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