Comparative study of the grown ZnO nanostructures on quartz and alumina substrates by vapor phase transport method without catalyst: Synthesis and acetone sensing properties

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 212, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-86

  Hosseini, Z S ^a   Mortezaali, A ^a   Iraji Zad, A ^b  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acetone sensing; Quartz and alumina substrates; Vapor phase transport; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALUMINA; CATALYSTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ACETONE SENSING; ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; VAPOR PHASE TRANSPORT; VAPOR-PHASE TRANSPORT METHOD; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84897991621     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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