High-speed optical humidity sensors based on chiral sculptured thin films

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 593-598

  Liu, Yan Jun ^a   Shi, Jinjie ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Liang, Huinan ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a   Fonash, Stephen J ^a   Huang, Tony Jun ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular Bragg regime; High speed; Humidity sensor; Nanowire; Sculptured thin films

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION TIME; AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; BRAGG REGIME; CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; CHIRAL SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; HIGH SPEED; NANO-STRUCTURED; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; SENSING PRINCIPLE; SPECTRAL CHANGE;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; HUMIDITY SENSORS; NANOWIRES; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 79958119294     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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