Humidity Sensing Investigations on Nanostructured Zinc Stannate Synthesized via Chemical Precipitation Method

International Journal of Green Nanotechnology: Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-45

  Yadav, B C ^a,b   Singh, Rama ^a   Singh, Satyendra ^a   Dwivedi, Prabhat K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Humidity sensing investigations; SEM; XRD; Zinc stannate

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; PEROVSKITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC STANNATE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HUMIDITY; HYSTERESIS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; WATER VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84876006001     PISSN: 1943085X     EISSN: 19430906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19430892.2012.654742     Document Type: Article

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