Effect of Pt nanoparticles on the optical gas sensing properties of WO3 thin films

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 11427-11443

  Qadri, Muhammad U ^a   Diaz, Alex Fabian Diaz ^b   Cittadini, Michaela ^b   Martucci, Alessandro ^b   Pujol, Maria Cinta ^a   Ferré Borrull, Josep ^a   Llobet, Eduard ^a   Aguiló, Magdalena ^a   Díaz, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO; Gas; Optical gas sensing; Platinum nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CHEMICAL DETECTION; COBALT; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; QUARTZ; THIN FILMS;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL GAS SENSING; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903457007     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140711427     Document Type: Article

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