Graphene hybrid materials in gas sensing applications

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 30504-30524

  Latif, Usman ^a   Dickert, Franz L ^b  

^a Department of Chemistry ^*  (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gas sensors; Graphene; Hybrid materials

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GRAPHENE; NANOSTRUCTURES;

CARBON ATOMS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; SENSING MECHANISM; SYNTHETIC APPROACH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84949293783     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151229814     Document Type: Review

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