Positive impedance humidity sensors via single-component materials

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Qian, Jingwen ^a,b   Peng, Zhijian ^a   Shen, Zhenguang ^a,b   Zhao, Zengying ^c   Zhang, Guoliang ^a   Fu, Xiuli ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84966989617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep25574     Document Type: Article

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