Non-electronic gas sensors from electrospun mats of liquid crystal core fibres for detecting volatile organic compounds at room temperature

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 43, Issue 13-15, 2016, Pages 1986-2001

  Reyes, Catherine G ^a   Sharma, Anshul ^a   Lagerwall, Jan P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

core sheath fibres; electrospinning; gas sensing; Liquid crystal; volatile organic solvents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979988101     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2016.1212287     Document Type: Article

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