Optimization of the production of aligned CNTs array as the gas sensing element

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 756, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-163

  Mohamed Saheed, Mohamed Shuaib ^a   Mohamed, Norani Muti ^a   Burhanudin, Zainal Arif ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalyst; Chemical vapor deposition

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; IONIZATION OF GASES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCATALYSTS; NANOTUBES;

BUFFER LAYER DEPOSITION; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRODE GAP; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; NANOTUBES ARRAYS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SAFE OPERATION; SUBSTRATE PREPARATION;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84878485065     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.756.156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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