Correlation between electrical conductivity, relative humidity, and pore connectivity in mesoporous silica monoliths

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 8710-8716

  Sayler, Franchessa Maddox ^a   Bakker, Martin G ^a   Smått, Jan Henrik ^b   Lindén, Mika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL PORE STRUCTURE; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; NITROGEN PHYSISORPTION; OCTADECYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; SURFACTANT CHAIN LENGTH; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT TEMPLATING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHAIN LENGTH; COBALT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NITRATES; PORE STRUCTURE; SOLS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84857505714     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp910143x     Document Type: Article

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