Humidity sensor based on quartz tuning fork coated with sol-gel-derived nanocrystalline zinc oxide thin film

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 299-305

  Zhou, Xiaofeng ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Wang, Xiaohua ^a   Zhu, Ziqiang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Humidity sensor; Quartz tuning fork; Relative humidity; Sol gel; Zinc oxide thin film

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY SENSORS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ACETONE INTERFERENCE; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; QUARTZ TUNING FORK; ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33947671337     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.08.034     Document Type: Article

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