Room temperature ammonia and humidity sensing using highly ordered nanoporous alumina films

Sensors

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 91-110

  Dickey, Elizabeth C ^a   Varghese, Oomman K ^a   Ong, Keat G ^b   Gong, Dawei ^b   Paulose, Maggie ^b   Grimes, Craig A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina; Ammonia; Humidity; Impedance spectroscopy; Mesoporous; Nanoporous

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; IONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PORE SIZE; THICK FILMS;

IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MESOPOROUS; NANOPOROUS; OPERATING FREQUENCIES;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0010815947     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s20300091     Document Type: Article

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