Optical hydrogen sensing with nanoparticulate Pd-Au films produced by spark ablation

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 221, Issue , 2015, Pages 290-296

  Isaac, Nischchay A ^a   Ngene, Peter ^a   Westerwaal, Ruud J ^a   Gaury, Julien ^a   Dam, Bernard ^a   Schmidt Ott, A ^a   Biskos, G ^a,b,c,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Hydrogenography; Nanomaterials; Spark discharge

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AEROSOLS; DEPOSITION; HYSTERESIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; STRESSES; SUBSTRATES;

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; HYDROGEN-SENSING; HYDROGENOGRAPHY; INERTIAL DEPOSITION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NANO PARTICULATES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPARK DISCHARGE;

GOLD;

EID: 84935465688     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.05.095     Document Type: Article

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