Humidity-sensing properties of a ZnO nanowire film as measured with a QCM

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-120

  Erol, A ^a   Okur, S ^b   Yagmurcukardes N ^b   Arikan, M C ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mechanical stiffness; Nanowire; QCM; Sauerbrey equation; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CATALYST-FREE; DESORPTION KINETICS; HUMIDITY ADSORPTION; MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; POSITIVE FREQUENCIES; QCM; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SAUERBREY EQUATION; SEM; SENSING PROPERTY; VAPOR-SOLID; VISCO-ELASTIC; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESORPTION; HUMIDITY SENSORS; NANOWIRES; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES;

EID: 79951674148     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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