Flexible UHF resistive humidity sensors based on carbon nanotubes

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2844-2850

  Feng, Yi ^a   Cabezas, Ana López ^a   Chen, Qiang ^a   Zheng, Li Rong ^a,b   Zhang, Zhi Bin ^a,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; flexible devices; humidity sensor; wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

ACID TREATMENTS; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; FLEXIBLE DEVICE; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH SENSITIVITY; NANOTUBE SURFACE; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PARASITIC CAPACITANCE; RESISTIVE HUMIDITY SENSOR; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRODES; RESISTORS;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

EID: 84864910575     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2202390     Document Type: Article

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