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The films are later annealed at 230 \u00b0C, characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and tested for their sensing behavior towards toluene. The sensing behaviors of the films are analyzed at different temperatures (30, 50 and 100 \u00b0C) for 100 ppm toluene in air. The nanocomposite C-PANI films have exhibited better overall toluene sensing behavior in terms of sensor response, response and recovery time as well as repeatability. Although the sensor response of PANI (12.6 at 30 \u00b0C, 38.4 at 100 \u00b0C) is comparatively higher than that of C-PANI (8.4 at 30 \u00b0C, 35.5 at 100 \u00b0C), response and recovery time of PANI and C-PANI varies with operating temperature. C-PANI at 50 \u00b0C seems to have better toluene sensing behavior in terms of response time and recovery time.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s131216611","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,12,3]],"date-time":"2013-12-03T11:15:30Z","timestamp":1386069330000},"page":"16611-16624","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":79,"title":["PANI and Graphene\/PANI Nanocomposite Films \u2014 Comparative Toluene Gas Sensing Behavior"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Mitesh","family":"Parmar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MEMS and Nanotechnology Laboratory, School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500757, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science,  Bangalore 560012, India"}]},{"given":"Chandran","family":"Balamurugan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MEMS and Nanotechnology Laboratory, School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500757, Korea"}]},{"given":"Dong-Weon","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MEMS and Nanotechnology Laboratory, School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500757, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,12,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"417","DOI":"10.1016\/j.snb.2009.02.026","article-title":"Enhanced benzene selectivity of mesoporous silica SPV sensors by incorporating phenylene groups in the silica framework","volume":"138","author":"Yuliarto","year":"2009","journal-title":"Sens. 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