Temperature sensor based on colloidal quantum dots-PMMA nanocomposite waveguides

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3069-3074

  Bueno, Antonio ^a   Suárez, Isaac ^b   Abargues, Rafael ^b   Sales, Salvador ^a   Pastor, Juan P Martínez ^b  

^a ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs); nanocomposites; polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA); temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; CADMIUM SELENIDES; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; PHOTONIC SENSORS; ROLL-TO-ROLL FABRICATION; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEMPERATURE RESOLUTION;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; POLYESTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; WAVEGUIDES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84865209084     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2210037     Document Type: Article

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