Feasibility of carbon nanomaterials as gas sensors: A computational study

Current Science

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1224-1234

  Umadevi, Deivasigamani ^a   Sastry, G Narahari ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Gas sensors; Graphene; Modeling nanoparticles; Nanotube; Noncovalent interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899861296     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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