Towards fully printed capacitive gas sensors on flexible PET substrates based on Ag interdigitated transducers with increased stability

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 280-287

  Altenberend, Ulrike ^a   Molina Lopez, Francisco ^b   Oprea, Alexandru ^a   Briand, Danick ^b   Bârsan, Nicolae ^a   De Rooij, Nico F ^b   Weimar, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ag electrodes; Capacitive transducer; Inkjet printing; Polymeric capacitive gas sensor; Relative humidity; Sorption kinetics; Temperature dependent sensor response

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COATINGS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; INK JET PRINTING; SILVER; TRANSDUCERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AG ELECTRODE; CAPACITIVE GAS SENSOR; CAPACITIVE TRANSDUCERS; SORPTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

EID: 84878090476     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.11.025     Document Type: Article

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