Carbon-nanotube loaded antenna-based ammonia gas sensor

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 10 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2665-2673

  Lee, Hoseon ^a   Shaker, G ^b   Naishadham, K ^a   Song, Xiaojuan ^a   McKinley, M ^a   Wagner, B ^a   Tentzeris, M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); Gas sensors; Inkjet printing; Passive detection; Poly(m aminobenzene sulfonic acid) single walled carbon nanotube (PABS SWNT); Power scavenging; Wireless sensor node

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; PASSIVE DETECTION; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); SULFONIC ACID; SURFACE IMPEDANCE MODELS; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

AMMONIA; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SENSOR NODES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 84865003541     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2164093     Document Type: Article

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