Multi-walled carbon nanotubes/graphene oxide composites for humidity sensing

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4749-4756

  Li, Xiaoyu ^a   Chen, Xiangdong ^a   Yao, Yao ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Chen, Xinpeng ^a   Bi, Xue ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Impedance analysis; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Quartz crystal microbalance

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION OF WATER; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HUMIDITY DETECTION; HUMIDITY SENSING; IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; MONITORING CHANGE; MOTIONAL RESISTANCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY CHANGES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GRAPHENE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84885914289     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2273615     Document Type: Article

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