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Journal of Sensors
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 496546, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/496546
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network Field Effect Transistor as a Humidity Sensor
1NanoMaterials Group, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, P.O. Box 15100, 00076 Aalto, Finland
2IACQER Center for Research and Development on Nanotechnology, Malla Reddy Engineering College, Secunderabad 500014, India
3Microsystems and Nanoelectronics, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1000, 02044 VTT, Finland
4Nokia Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland
5VTT Technical research centre of Finland, Tietotie 3, 02044 Espoo, Finland
6Canatu Oy, Konalankuja 5, 00390 Helsinki, Finland
7Department of Materials Science and Technology, Aalto University, P.O. Box 13500, 00076 Aalto, Finland
Received 10 January 2012; Accepted 19 March 2012
Academic Editor: Andrea Cusano
Copyright © 2012 Prasantha R. Mudimela et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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