PANI and graphene/PANI nanocomposite films-comparative toluene gas sensing behavior

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 16611-16624

  Parmar, Mitesh ^a,b   Balamurugan, Chandran ^a   Lee, Dong Weon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Graphene; Nanocomposite polymer; PANI; Sensing; Toluene

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYANILINE; POLYMER FILMS; RECOVERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORS;

GAS SENSING BEHAVIOR; N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMERS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PANI; POLYANILINES (PANI); RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TIME; SENSING;

TOLUENE;

EID: 84889593083     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s131216611     Document Type: Article

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