Investigation on the electrical response behaviors of multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyurethane composite in organic solvent vapors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2012, Pages 330-337

  Shang, Songmin ^a   Zeng, Wei ^a   Tao, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Absorption behaviors; Conducting composite; Electrical response behaviors; Gas sensor; Multiwalled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BEHAVIORS; ACID BASE INTERACTION; CASE II; CONDUCTING COMPOSITES; DIFFUSION RATE; DIFFUSION THEORY; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; FLORY-HUGGINS INTERACTION PARAMETER; INITIAL RESISTANCE; MATRIX SWELLING; NON-FICKIAN; ORGANIC SOLVENT VAPORS; ORGANIC VAPORS; RESPONSE RATE; SOLVENT ABSORPTION; TEST TEMPERATURES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

VAPORS;

EID: 84861188618     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.12.113     Document Type: Article

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