Rapid response of Au/Porous-GaAs humidity sensor at room temperature

Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, Proceedings, COMMAD

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 125-128

  Salehi, Alireza ^a   Kalantari, Dara Jamshidi ^a   Goshtasbi, Anahita ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dipole moment; H2O; Humidity sensor; Polar gas; Porous gaas; Reverse bias; Sensor

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ALLOYS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PIGMENTS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SILICONES;

BREAKDOWN (BD); HUMIDITY SENSING; I V CURVES; MICROELECTRONIC MATERIALS; RAPID RESPONSE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); REVERSE BIASES; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 44849133935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMMAD.2006.4429896     Document Type: Conference Paper

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