Life cycle impacts and benefits of a carbon nanotube-enabled chemical gas sensor

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11360-11368

  Gilbertson, Leanne M ^a   Busnaina, Ahmed A ^c   Isaacs, Jacqueline A ^c   Zimmerman, Julie B ^a,b   Eckelman, Matthew J ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS DETECTORS; LIFE CYCLE;

CHEMICAL GAS SENSORS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; MANUFACTURING STAGES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SOCIETAL BENEFITS; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL GAS SENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMPACT BENEFIT RATIO; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIETY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATERIALS TESTING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 84907934365     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5006576     Document Type: Article

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