Humidity sensitive properties of nanostructured Al-doped ZnO:TiO 2 thin films

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 477-481

  Tai, Weon Pil ^a   Kim, Jun Gyu ^a   Oh, Jae Hee ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bilayered film; Humidity sensor; Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HYSTERESIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0344896745     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00602-6     Document Type: Article

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