Photocatalytic titanium dioxide nanostructures for self-regenerating relative humidity sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1713-1719

  Smetaniuk, Daniel P ^a   Taschuk, Michael T ^a   Brett, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glancing angle deposition (GLAD); humidity; nanostructured; photocatalytic regeneration; porous; sensor; thin film; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; HUMIDITY; NANOSTRUCTURED; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; POROUS;

HUMIDITY SENSORS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 79957719000     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2095416     Document Type: Article

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