The Multisensor Array Based on Grown-On-Chip Zinc Oxide Nanorod Network for Selective Discrimination of Alcohol Vapors at Sub-ppm Range
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. The Analytical Characterization of ZnO NR Network
3.2. The Electrical Characterization of ZnO NR Network Under Air Conditions
3.3. The Gas-Sensing Characterization of ZnO NR Network Upon Exposure to Alcohol Vapors
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Bobkov, A.; Varezhnikov, A.; Plugin, I.; Fedorov, F.S.; Trouillet, V.; Geckle, U.; Sommer, M.; Goffman, V.; Moshnikov, V.; Sysoev, V. The Multisensor Array Based on Grown-On-Chip Zinc Oxide Nanorod Network for Selective Discrimination of Alcohol Vapors at Sub-ppm Range. Sensors 2019, 19, 4265. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194265
Bobkov A, Varezhnikov A, Plugin I, Fedorov FS, Trouillet V, Geckle U, Sommer M, Goffman V, Moshnikov V, Sysoev V. The Multisensor Array Based on Grown-On-Chip Zinc Oxide Nanorod Network for Selective Discrimination of Alcohol Vapors at Sub-ppm Range. Sensors. 2019; 19(19):4265. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194265
Chicago/Turabian StyleBobkov, Anton, Alexey Varezhnikov, Ilya Plugin, Fedor S. Fedorov, Vanessa Trouillet, Udo Geckle, Martin Sommer, Vladimir Goffman, Vyacheslav Moshnikov, and Victor Sysoev. 2019. "The Multisensor Array Based on Grown-On-Chip Zinc Oxide Nanorod Network for Selective Discrimination of Alcohol Vapors at Sub-ppm Range" Sensors 19, no. 19: 4265. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194265