Porous Au-embedded WO 3 Nanowire Structure for Efficient Detection of CH4 and H2S

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Minh Vuong, Nguyen ^a,b   Kim, Dojin ^a   Kim, Hyojin ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Quy Nhon University   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 84934970751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11040     Document Type: Article

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