Boehmite nanorod/gold nanoparticle nanocomposite film for an easy-to-use optical humidity sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 168, Issue , 2012, Pages 429-435

  Mohan, Priyank ^a   Shinta, Ryuzo ^b   Fujiwara, Jun ^c   Takahashi, Hiroaki ^a   Mott, Derrick ^a   Matsumura, Yasufumi ^b   Mizutani, Goro ^a   Iwami, Kentaro ^c   Umeda, Norihiro ^c   Maenosono, Shinya ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boehmite; Composite film; Gold nanoparticle; Humidity sensor; Localized surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

BOEHMITE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HUMIDITY MONITORING; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICAL SENSING; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD;

COMPOSITE FILMS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANORODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GOLD;

EID: 84861576493     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.04.055     Document Type: Article

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