Response time of nanostructured relative humidity sensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 610-615

  Steele, J J ^a   Taschuk, M T ^a   Brett, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glancing Angle Deposition; Humidity; Nanostructured; Porous Sensor; Thin Film; TiO2 sensor

Indexed keywords

GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; HUMIDITY; NANOSTRUCTURED; POROUS SENSOR; TIO2 SENSOR;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DESORPTION; MAGNETIC FILMS; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SENSORS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 67649372483     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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