Sol-gel processed (Mg-Zn-Ti) oxide nanocomposite film deposited on prism base as an opto-electronic humidity sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 413-419

  Yadav, B C ^a   Yadav, Ramesh C ^a   Dwivedi, Prabhat K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical deposition technique; Humidity; Opto electronic sensor; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; CHEMICAL DEPOSITION; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY SENSING PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; NANOCRYSTALLINES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTO-ELECTRONICS; RECOVERY TIME; REFLECTED LIGHT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SENSOR FABRICATION; SOL-GEL SPIN PROCESS; TIO; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DEPOSITION; GELS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MOISTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE FILMS; PRISMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 77955308073     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.05.046     Document Type: Article

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