Performance improvement of organic field-effect transistor ammonia gas sensor using ZnO/PMMA hybrid as dielectric layer

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 203, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-16

  Han, Shijiao ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Yu, Junsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia gas; OFET sensor; Organic field effect transistor (OFET); ZnO nanoparticles; ZnO PMMA hybrid dielectric

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BLENDING; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ESTERS; GAS DETECTORS; GATE DIELECTRICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

AMMONIA GAS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; GATE DIELECTRIC LAYERS; HYBRID DIELECTRICS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); ZNO NANOPARTICLES; AMMONIA GAS SENSORS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; ZNO;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84904423490     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.06.083     Document Type: Article

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