Carbon nanotubes and graphene-based chemical sensors

Current Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 419-429

  Misra, Abha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical sensors; Electron donors and acceptors; Graphene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905909400     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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