High sensitivity, moisture selective, ammonia gas sensors based on single-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with indium tin oxide nanoparticles

Carbon

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 356-363

  Rigoni, Federica ^a   Drera, Giovanni ^a   Pagliara, Stefania ^a   Goldoni, Andrea ^b   Sangaletti, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; CARBON; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; INDIUM; NANOPARTICLES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; YARN;

AMMONIA GAS SENSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIUM-TIN OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SENSITIVITY INCREASE; SENSOR SELECTIVITY; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84920487524     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.074     Document Type: Article

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