Preparing a Chemiresistive Sensor Based on Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
Shao-Xiong Luo, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
lsl@mit.eduOTHER AUTHORS:
Maggie He, Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Timothy M. Swager, John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
PROTOCOL TYPE: Novel Technologies
Protocol Document
SYNOPSIS:
This protocol describes how to covalently functionalize single-wall carbon nanotubes with iodonium salt and fabricate a CNT-based chemiresistive sensor for the detection of carbon monoxide.
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