Highly Efficient Electronic Sensitization of Non-oxidized Graphene Flakes on Controlled Pore-loaded WO3 Nanofibers for Selective Detection of H2S Molecules

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Choi, Seon Jin ^a   Choi, Chanyong ^a   Kim, Sang Joon ^a   Cho, Hee Jin ^a   Hakim, Meggie ^b   Jeon, Seokwoo ^a   Kim, Il Doo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (Israel)

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EID: 84939171545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08067     Document Type: Article

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