Gas sensing characteristics of pure and Fe-doped tungsten oxide thin films

Proceedings of the International Conference on Sensing Technology, ICST

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 134-139

  Tesfamichael, Tuquabo ^a   Ahsan, Mohammed ^a   Ponzoni, Andrea ^b   Faglia, Gudio ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

gas sensors; iron doping; nanostructured thin films; Tungsten oxide

Indexed keywords

E BEAM EVAPORATION; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; FE-DOPED; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; IRON DOPING; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURAL; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; ONE-FACTOR; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PURE FILMS; RESPONSE AMPLITUDES; SENSING PERFORMANCE; SENSING RESPONSE; TARGET GAS; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE FILMS; TUNGSTEN OXIDE THIN FILMS;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRON BEAMS; EVAPORATION; GAS DETECTORS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84857774471     PISSN: 21568065     EISSN: 21568073     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSensT.2011.6136949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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