A Zinc Oxide Nanorod Ammonia Microsensor Integrated with a Readout Circuit on-a-Chip

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 11112-11121

  Yang, Ming Zhi ^a   Dai, Ching Liang ^a   Wu, Chyan Chyi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonia microsensor; Nanorod; Readout circuit; Zinc oxide film

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NANOTUBE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

AMMONIA; ELECTRODES; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84255214319     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111211112     Document Type: Article

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