Sensing using DFT?

10 October 2016 1 2K Report

Ne1 can help me out on humidity sensing using DFT using software like Material studio or others. Stuck with a paper which needs major revision. The work is both experimental and theoretiical.

Thanks and regards

Kamaraj Manoharan

Hi,

You may find some literature by googling... give a look at below link.. you may get some ideas.

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2015/NR/C5NR06038A#!divAbstract

Then regarding software, it depends on what you want to calculate...

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