A flexible ZnO nanowire-based humidity sensor

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 520-525

  Hsueh, H T ^a,b   Hsueh, T J ^b   Chang, S J ^a   Hung, F Y ^a   Hsu, C L ^c   Dai, B T ^b   Lam, K T ^d   Wen, K H ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^d FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flexible substrate; humidity sensor; ZnO nanowires (NWs)

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LENGTH; CONTINUOUS TESTING; DIRECT GROWTH; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO NWS;

HUMIDITY SENSORS; NANOWIRES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84860862335     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2011.2168975     Document Type: Article

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