Effect of nanostructured zinc oxide additives on the humidity and temperature sensing properties of cuprous oxide

International Journal of Green Nanotechnology: Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-353

  Yadav, B C ^a,b   Yadav, A K ^a   Kumar, Anurodh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Humidity; Morphology; Pellet; SEM; Temperature; XRD

Indexed keywords

CUPROUS OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HUMIDITY; HYSTERESIS; MOLECULAR SENSOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; POWDER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84875983369     PISSN: 1943085X     EISSN: 19430906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19430892.2012.706191     Document Type: Article

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