Performance of graphene, carbon nanotube, and gold nanoparticle chemiresistor sensors for the detection of petroleum hydrocarbons in water

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cooper, James S ^a   Myers, Mathew ^a,b   Chow, Edith ^a   Hubble, Lee J ^a   Cairney, Julie M ^c   Pejcic, Bobby ^a   Müller, Karl H ^a   Wieczorek, Lech ^a   Raguse, Burkhard ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ChemFET; Chemometric; Electronic tongue; Environmental effects; Groundwater monitoring

Indexed keywords

CHEMIRESISTOR SENSORS; CHEMOMETRICES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

CHEMICALLY SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; ELECTRONIC TONGUES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GOLD; GRAPHENE; GROUNDWATER; HEXANE; ISOMERS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROELECTRODES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY;

SENSORS;

BENZENE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CYCLOHEXANE; ETHYLBENZENE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TOLUENE; WATER; XYLENE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FILM; ISOMER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 84889014307     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2173-5     Document Type: Article

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