A new chemiresistor sensor based on a blend of carbon nanotube, nano-sized molecularly imprinted polymer and poly methyl methacrylate for the selective and sensitive determination of ethanol vapor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 176, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-37

  Alizadeh, Taher ^a   Rezaloo, Fatema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Chemiresistor; Ethanol; Nano sized imprinted polymer; Sensing composite

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ESTERS; ETHANOL; NANOSENSORS; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; YARN;

CHEMIRESISTOR SENSORS; CHEMIRESISTORS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; IMPRINTED POLYMERS; MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); RELATIVE STANDARD ERROR; SELECTIVE DETERMINATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84872557356     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.08.049     Document Type: Article

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