Highly sensitive room-temperature surface acoustic wave (SAW) ammonia sensors based on Co3O4/SiO2 composite films

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 280, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-133

  Tang, Yong Liang ^a   Li, Zhi Jie ^a   Ma, Jin Yi ^b   Su, Hai Qiao ^c   Guo, Yuan Jun ^a   Wang, Lu ^b   Du, Bo ^b   Chen, Jia Jun ^c   Zhou, Weilie ^c   Yu, Qing Kai ^d   Zu, Xiao Tao ^a  

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

^b SICHUAN INSTITUTE OF PIEZOELECTRIC AND ACOUSTOOPTIC TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Composite film; SAW sensor

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COBALT; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; LOADING; QUARTZ; SOL-GEL PROCESS; COMPOSITE FILMS;

AMMONIA DETECTION; POROUS STRUCTURES; POSITIVE FREQUENCIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SAW SENSORS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSORS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; AMMONIA SENSORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIO2;

COMPOSITE FILMS; AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFILM; SILICON DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; COBALT; COBALT OXIDE; OXIDE;

AMMONIA; BIOFILM; QUARTZ; SILICATE; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ACOUSTIC WAVE; COMPOSITE; DEPOSITION; FILM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SENSOR; SURFACE WAVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEL; MOLECULAR SENSOR; MOLECULAR STABILITY; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSOR; COMPOSITE FILM; CONDUCTANCE; FILM; SENSOR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDES; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84906335644     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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