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ZnO thin films for VOC sensing applications
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In this article, ZnO thin films were prepared by reactive RF sputtering on thermally oxidized Si for gas sensing applications, and three VOC vapors were chosen to investigate the response behavior of the prepared ZnOs.About:
This article is published in Vacuum.The article was published on 2010-07-23. It has received 95 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Acetone.read more
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Review—Conducting Polymers as Chemiresistive Gas Sensing Materials: A Review
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the overall development of conducting polymer as chemiresistive sensing materials is presented, and the effect of different parameters influencing sensor performance such as response, gas concentration, response time, and recovery time of conducting polymers are explored.
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Novel Mixed Phase SnO2 Nanorods Assembled with SnO2 Nanocrystals for Enhancing Gas-Sensing Performance toward Isopropanol Gas
Dan Hu,Bingqian Han,Shaojuan Deng,Zhipeng Feng,Yan Wang,Jasminka Popović,Marko Nuskol,Yude Wang,Igor Djerdj +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis and the gas sensing properties of novel mixed phase coexistence SnO2 nanorods are presented, which are obtained by calcinations of SnC2O4 synthesized with a chemical precipitation method using SnCl2·2H2O and PEG 400 as precursors.
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Improved acetone sensing properties of ZnO hollow nanofibers by single capillary electrospinning
TL;DR: In this paper, a single capillary electrospinning-based ZnO hollow nanofibers was used to detect acetone in X-ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) images.
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Co3O4/ZnO Nanocomposites: From Plasma Synthesis to Gas Sensing Applications
Daniela Bekermann,Alberto Gasparotto,Davide Barreca,Chiara Maccato,Elisabetta Comini,Cinzia Sada,Giorgio Sberveglieri,Anjana Devi,Roland A. Fischer +8 more
TL;DR: Structural, morphological and compositional analyses evidenced the successful formation of pure and high-area nanocomposites with a tailored overdispersion of Co(3)O(4) particles on ZnO and an intimate contact between the two oxides.
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Toward portable breath acetone analysis for diabetes detection
Marco Righettoni,Antonio Tricoli +1 more
TL;DR: The overall performance of Si-doped WO(3) nanoparticles, made by flame spray pyrolysis, as portable acetone detectors is critically reviewed focusing on the requirements for medical diagnostics.
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Gas Sensors Based on Semiconducting Metal Oxide One-Dimensional Nanostructures
Jin Huang,Qing Wan +1 more
TL;DR: This article provides a comprehensive review of recent progress in gas sensors based on semiconducting metal oxide one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures and points out some challenges for future investigation and practical application.
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Nanopillar ZnO gas sensor for hydrogen and ethanol
TL;DR: Aligned zinc oxide nanorods were synthesized directly via a two-step solution approach on an Al2O3 tube, and were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as mentioned in this paper.
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Influence of Al, In, Cu, Fe and Sn dopants on the response of thin film ZnO gas sensor to ethanol vapour
TL;DR: In this article, a spray pyrolysis technique was used to obtain ZnO:X films doped with different elements, X=Al, In, Cu, Fe and Sn.
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Techniques and mechanisms in gas sensing
TL;DR: Alder pattern recognition in gas sensing, J.W.Williams techniques and mechanisms as mentioned in this paper, M.T.Moseley and D.E.Maskell oxygen surface species on semiconducting oxides, P.M.Willett infrared gas detection, R.Van Ewyk and B.C.Bartlett as mentioned in this paper.
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A self-heating gas sensor with integrated NiO thin-film for formaldehyde detection
TL;DR: In this article, a MEMS-based formaldehyde gas sensor based on a suspended silicon nitride microstructure with an integrated micro Pt heater, a thin-film NiO sensing layer and Pt interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) was developed to measure the resistance changes of the NiO layer in the presence of formaldehyde.