Impedimetric sensing of humidity and temperature using CeO2–Co3O4 nanoparticles in polymer hosts

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 182, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 2019-2026

  Khan, Sher Bahadar ^a   Karimov, Khasan S ^b,c   Chani, Muhammad Tariq Saeed ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^a   Akhtar, Kalsoom ^d   Fatima, Noshin ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b GIK INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c Physical Technical Institute Dushnabe   (Tajikistan)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Impedance; Nanoparticles; Polymer; Resistance; Sandwich type sensor; Surface type sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938289322     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-015-1529-1     Document Type: Article

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