Low-Temperature Hydrogen Sensors Based on Au Nanoclusters and Schottky Contacts on ZnO Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition on Si and SiO2Substrates

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 448-454

  Kompitsas, M ^d   Iliadis, Agis A ^b,c   Bourithis, E ^a   Tsamakis, D ^a   Ali, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gas detectors; pulsed lasers; Schottky diodes; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008031272     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.891944     Document Type: Article

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