Humidity sensing by composites of glass ceramics containing silver nanoparticles and their conduction mechanism

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1043-1051

  Pal, Bhola Nath ^a,b   Chakravorty, Dipankar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^b CSIR ^*

Author keywords

Glass ceramics; Relative humidity; Silver nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

HOPPING MECHANISM; HUMIDITY SENSING; NON-FERROELECTRIC ADDITIVES; SILVER NANOCOMPOSITES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BARIUM TITANATE; BIOSENSORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FERMI LEVEL; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GLASS CERAMICS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; POLARONS; SILVER; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33645160226     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.07.065     Document Type: Article

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