Nitro-aromatic explosive sensing using GaN nanowire-titania nanocluster hybrids

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1883-1888

  Aluri, Geetha S ^a,b   Motayed, Abhishek ^b,c   Davydov, Albert V ^b   Oleshko, Vladimir P ^b   Bertness, Kris A ^b   Rao, Mulpuri V ^a,b  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives; functionalized nanostructures; GaN nanowires; nanoclusters; nanowire nanoclusters; nitro aromatics; photoconductivity sensors; trinitrotoluene (TNT)

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZED NANOSTRUCTURES; GAN NANOWIRES; NANOWIRE-NANOCLUSTERS; NITRO-AROMATICS; TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BENZENE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DETECTORS; EXPLOSIVES; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOWIRES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 84876143425     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2241423     Document Type: Article

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