Nanostructured TiO2 thin films prepared by supersonic beams and their application in a sensor array for the discrimination of VOC

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 292-302

  Taurino, A M ^a   Capone, S ^b   Siciliano, P ^b   Toccoli, T ^b   Boschetti, A ^c   Guerini, L ^c   Iannotta, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Principal component analysis; Sensor array; Supersonic cluster beam

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; DEPOSITION; ETHANOL; METHANOL; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SUPERSONIC BEAMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0038239595     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00314-9     Document Type: Article

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