Nano SnO2 gas sensors

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 525-538

  Wu, Qi Hui ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Sun, Shi Gang ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Doped sno2; Gas sensors; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; NANOBELTS; NANORIBBONS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

DOPED SNO2; FAST RESPONSE; GAS SENSOR TECHNOLOGY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LEVEL DETECTIONS; MATERIAL PREPARATION; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSING MECHANISM;

NANOSENSORS;

ALCOHOL; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANORIBBON; NANOROD; NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; NANODEVICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VAPOR;

EID: 77958450118     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341310797574934     Document Type: Article

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