A single ZnO tetrapod-based sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 511-517

  Lupan, Oleg ^a,b   Chow, Lee ^a,c   Chai, Guangyu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOLDOVA   (Moldova)

^c University of Central Florida   (United States)

^d Apollo Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Gas sensor; UV sensor; Zinc oxide; ZnO nanorod; ZnO tetrapod

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION METHODS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; GAS ENVIRONMENT; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; GAS SENSOR; I-BUTANE; IN-SITU; LIFT-OUT TECHNIQUES; OXYGEN CHEMISORPTION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; RECOVERY TIME; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV ILLUMINATIONS; UV LIGHT; UV SENSOR; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO TETRAPOD;

BUTANE; CHEMISORPTION; FABRICATION; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; NANORODS; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 68949181595     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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