Metallic nanoparticles functionalizing carbon nanotube networks for gas sensing applications

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Abdelhalim, Ahmed ^a   Abdellah, Alaa ^a   Scarpa, Giuseppe ^a   Lugli, Paolo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; nanoparticles; spray deposition

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NOMINAL THICKNESS; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE EFFECTS; THERMAL EVAPORATION PROCESS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEPOSITS; ETHANOL; GAS DETECTORS; GOLD DEPOSITS; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER;

GOLD;

EID: 84892169752     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/5/055208     Document Type: Article

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