Synthesis of ZnO nanocrystalline powder from ultrasonic atomization technique, characterization, and its application in gas sensing

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 939-946

  Patil, Lalchand A ^a   Bari, Anil R ^a   Shinde, Mahendra D ^a   Deo, Vinita V ^a   Amalnerkar, Dinesh P ^b  

^a PRATAP COLLEGE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY C MET   (India)

Author keywords

Nanostructured film sensor; nanostructured zincoxide; NH3 sensing; ultrasonic atomization

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; GAS SENSING; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOSTRUCTURED FILM SENSOR; NH3 SENSING; SCREEN PRINTING TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TRAPPING SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC ATOMIZATION; ULTRASONIC ATOMIZERS; X-RAY DIFFRACTOGRAMS; ZNO;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIZATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; FILM PREPARATION; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS;

EID: 79951542118     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2066265     Document Type: Article

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