Carbon-dot-aerogel sensor for aromatic volatile organic compounds

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 241, Issue , 2017, Pages 607-613

  Dolai, Susmita ^a   Bhunia, Susanta Kumar ^a   Jelinek, Raz ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Carbon dots; Fluorescence quenching; Gas sensors; Phenylenediamines; VOCs

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AEROGELS; AROMATIZATION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; QUENCHING; RISK MANAGEMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON DOTS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; LUMINESCENCE EMISSION; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; QUENCHING OF THE FLUORESCENCE; TRANSDUCTION MECHANISM;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84994047673     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.10.124     Document Type: Article

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