Miniaturized pH sensors based on zinc oxide nanotubes/nanorods

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 8911-8923

  Fulati, Alimujiang ^a   Usman Ali, Syed M ^a   Riaz, Muhammad ^a   Amin, Gul ^a   Nur, Omer ^a   Willander, Magnus ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

pH sensors; Potentiometric measurements; ZnO nanorods; ZnO nanotubes

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; POTENTIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE ELECTRODES; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOTUBE; ZNO NANOTUBE ARRAYS;

NANORODS; NANOTUBES; PH; PH SENSORS; SENSORS; SURFACES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 70849134259     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s91108911     Document Type: Article

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