Selectivity of chemoresistive sensors made of chemically functionalized carbon nanotube random networks for volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Chemosensors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-40

  Feller, Jean François ^a   Gatt, Nicolas ^a   Kumar, Bijandra ^a   Castro, Mickaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical functionalization; Conductive polymer nanocomposites; Detection; E nose; Selectivity; Sensitivity; Spraying layer by layer; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRONIC NOSE; IONOMERS; NANOCLAY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STEAM CRACKING; TOLUENE; VACUUM TRANSDUCERS;

CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; DETECTION; E-NOSE; LAYER BY LAYER; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER-NANOCOMPOSITE; SELECTIVITY; SENSITIVITY; SPRAYING LAYER-BY-LAYER; VOLATILE ORGANICS;

STYRENE;

EID: 84907207845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors2010026     Document Type: Article

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