In-situ and ex-situ characterization of TiO2 and Au nanoparticle incorporated TiO2 thin films for optical gas sensing at extreme temperatures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ohodnicki, Paul R ^a,b   Wang, Congjun ^c   Natesakhawat, Sittichai ^a,d   Baltrus, John P ^a   Brown, Thomas D ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

AU NANOPARTICLE; AU/TIO 2; EX SITU; EXTREME CONDITIONS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; OPTICAL GAS SENSING; OPTICAL RESPONSE; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SITU CHARACTERIZATION; TIO 2 THIN FILM;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84859524905     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3695380     Document Type: Article

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