γ-Fe2O3 and γ-Fe2O3-TiO2 ultrafine particle films as reducing gas sensor

Romanian Reports in Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1041-1052

  Rezlescu, N ^a   Doroftei, C ^a   Rezlescu, E ^a   Craus, M L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ferric oxide; Gas sensor; Sol gel selfcombustion; Substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957804462     PISSN: 12211451     EISSN: 18418759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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