Nano titania loaded mesoporous silica: Preparation and application as high performance humidity sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 220, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-200

  Tomer, Vijay K ^a   Duhan, Surender ^a  

^a DEENBANDHU CHHOTU RAM UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Direct synthesis; Nano TiO2< inf>; Relative humidity; Sensor; Wet impregnation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY SENSORS; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYSTERESIS; IMPREGNATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SENSORS; SILICA;

COMPLEX IMPEDANCE SPECTRUM; DIRECT SYNTHESIS; DIRECT SYNTHESIS METHOD; HUMIDITY SENSING MECHANISM; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; NANO-TIO; RESPONSE/RECOVERY TIME; WET IMPREGNATION;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 84931292008     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.05.072     Document Type: Article

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