Au and Pt nanoparticles effects on the optical and electrical gas sensing properties of sol-gel-based ZnO thin-film sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1068-1076

  Giancaterini, Luca ^a   Cantalini, Carlo ^a   Cittadini, Michela ^b   Sturaro, Marco ^b   Guglielmi, Massimo ^b   Martucci, Alessandro ^b   Resmini, Alessandro ^c   Anselmi Tamburini, Umberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conductometric; gold; nanoparticles; optical; platinum; thin films; ZnO

Indexed keywords

INERT GASES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTICAL FILMS; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CONDUCTOMETRICS; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES; ZNO;

GOLD;

EID: 84915745561     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2356252     Document Type: Article

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