Enhanced optical and electrical gas sensing response of sol-gel based NiO-Au and ZnO-Au nanostructured thin films

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-63

  Della Gaspera, Enrico ^a,c   Guglielmi, Massimo ^a   Martucci, Alessandro ^a   Giancaterini, Luca ^b   Cantalini, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO; Electrical gas sensors; Hydrogen; Nanocomposite film; NO 2; Optical gas sensors; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; AU SURFACES; CHARGE VARIATION; CO AND NO; ELECTRICAL SENSORS; ELECTRICAL TESTS; ENHANCING EFFECT; GAS SENSING; INJECT ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; OPTICAL GAS SENSORS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL SENSING PROPERTIES; P-TYPE BEHAVIORS; REDUCING GAS; SEMICONDUCTIVE; SENSING PERFORMANCE; SOL-GEL PROCEDURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE (SPR); VISIBLE RANGE; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO THIN FILM;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; COBALT; ELECTRIC INSULATION TESTING; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; METALLIC FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC OXIDE;

GOLD;

EID: 84858049605     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.01.062     Document Type: Article

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