Acetone and ethanol solid-state gas sensors based on TiO2 nanoparticles thin film deposited by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 426-431

  Rella, R ^a   Spadavecchia, J ^a   Manera, M G ^a   Capone, S ^a   Taurino, A ^a   Martino, M ^b   Caricato, A P ^b   Tunno, T ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Fisica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation; Thin films; TiO2 nanoparticles; VOC sensors

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GAS SENSOR APPLICATIONS; INTERDIGITATED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS (IDC); MATRIX ASSISTED PULSED LASER EVAPORATION (MAPLE); TRANSDUCTION MECHANISM;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 35348964737     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.04.048     Document Type: Article

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