Nanocrystalline SnO2: F thin films for liquid petroleum gas sensors

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 7127-7140

  Chaisitsak, Sutichai ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dip coating technique; F doped tin oxide films; Liquid petroleum gas (LPG) sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960815882     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110707127     Document Type: Article

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