Optical characterisation of nanostructured Au/WO3 thin films for sensing hydrogen at low concentrations

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 179, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-130

  Ahmad, Muhammad Z ^a,d   Sadek, Abu Z ^a   Yaacob, M H ^b   Anderson, David P ^c   Matthews, Glenn ^a   Golovko, Vladimir B ^c   Wlodarski, Wojtek ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MARDI   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gasochromic; Gold nanoclusters; Hydrogen sensor; Tungsten trioxide

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD DEPOSITS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GASOCHROMIC; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; HYDROGEN SENSOR; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL CHARACTERISATION; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE;

GOLD;

EID: 84875525789     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.09.102     Document Type: Article

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