The surface scattering-based detection of hydrogen in air using a platinum nanowire

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2924-2930

  Yang, Fan ^a   Donavan, Keith C ^a   Kung, Sheng Chin ^a   Penner, Reginald M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

chemiresistor; Electrodeposition; lithography; palladium; safety; sensor

Indexed keywords

CHEMIRESISTORS; DIFFUSE SCATTERING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PLATINUM NANOWIRES; PLATINUM SURFACE; PT NANOWIRES; RESISTANCE CHANGE; TIME-RATE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HYDROGEN; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOWIRES; PALLADIUM; SENSORS; SURFACE SCATTERING;

PLATINUM;

HYDROGEN; NANOMATERIAL; PLATINUM;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONDUCTOMETRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AIR; CONDUCTOMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; MICROCHEMISTRY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862286539     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl300602m     Document Type: Article

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