The room-temperature sensing performance of ZnO nanorods for 2-methoxyethanol solvent

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 203, Issue , 2014, Pages 223-228

  Al Hardan, N H ^a   Jalar, Azman ^a   Hamid, M A Abdul ^b   Keng, Lim Kar ^b   Shamsudin, R ^b   Majlis, B Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electrochemical sensors; Hydrothermal process; Organic solvent detection; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; NANORODS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CHARGE-TRANSFER MECHANISM; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSING; ORGANIC SOLVENT DETECTION; TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ZNO NANOROD; 2-METHOXYETHANOL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ZINC OXIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 84905595673     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.06.120     Document Type: Article

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