Light-controlling, flexible and transparent ethanol gas sensor based on ZnO nanoparticles for wearable devices

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zheng, Z Q ^a   Yao, J D ^a   Wang, B ^b   Yang, G W ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAS; NANOPARTICLE; POLLUTANT; ZINC OXIDE;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHANOL; GASES; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84935884882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11070     Document Type: Article

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