Isopropyl alcohol sensors of CuO nanotubes by thermal oxidation of copper films on glass

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3276-3282

  Hsueh, Han Ting ^a,b   Chang, Shoou Jinn ^a   Hung, Fei Yi ^a   Weng, Wen Yin ^a   Chang, S P ^a   Hsueh, T J ^b   Hsu, Cheng Liang ^c   Dai, Bau Tong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Nano Devices Laboratories   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CuO; isopropyl alcohol (IPA); nanotubes

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS; AVERAGE LENGTH; COPPER FILMS; CU LAYERS; CUO; INITIAL THICKNESS; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; POROUS STRUCTURES; TEST CHAMBERS; THERMAL OXIDATION;

COPPER; METALLIC FILMS; SENSORS;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 80455155203     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2155645     Document Type: Article

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