Effect of low frequency electric field parameters on chain formation of ZnO nanoparticles for gas sensing applications

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1843-1850

  Ghashghaie, Sasan ^a   Marzbanrad, Ehsan ^a   Raissi, Babak ^a   Zamani, Cyrus ^b   Riahifar, Reza ^a  

^a MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN FORMATION; CHAIN-LIKE; CO GAS SENSOR; CO-PLANAR ELECTRODES; COULOMB FORCES; DENSE FILMS; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DIELECTROPHORESIS FORCE; ELECTRIC FIELD LINES; FLOWTHROUGH; FREQUENCY RANGES; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; INTERELECTRODE GAPS; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELDS; PEARL CHAIN FORMATION; POROUS LAYERS; TARGET GAS; UNSTEADY STATE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GAS DETECTORS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84861821862     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2012.05133.x     Document Type: Article

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