The potential of porous silicon gas sensors

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 92-100

  Ozdemir, Serdar ^a   Gole, James L ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Nanostructure modification; Photoluminescence; Porous silicon

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; NONMETALS; SENSORS; SILICON;

DETECTION LEVELS; GAS MOLECULES; GAS SENSOR; NANOSTRUCTURE MODIFICATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POROUS SILICON GAS SENSORS; POROUS SILICON SURFACES; SENSOR DESIGNS;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 50449090521     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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