A remote sensor for detecting methane based on palladium-decorated single walled carbon nanotubes

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8814-8826

  Liu, Jian ^a   Li, Guomin ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Methane concentration; Pd swcnts; Rfid; Room temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; METHANATION; METHANE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSORS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING NETWORK; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; PD-SWCNTS; POLYETHYLENE SUBSTRATES; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICES (RSSI); REMOTE DETECTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84880169343     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130708814     Document Type: Article

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