1. Schottky-contacted vertically self-aligned ZnO nanorods for hydrogen gas nanosensor applicationsSapana Ranwa, Mohit Kumar, Jitendra Singh, Mattia Fanetti, Mahesh Kumar, 2015, original scientific article Found in: ključnih besedah Summary of found: ...ZnO, hydrogen sensor, nanosensor, cathodoluminescence... Keywords: ZnO, hydrogen sensor, nanosensor, cathodoluminescence Published: 18.04.2016; Views: 2904; Downloads: 0 |
2. Effect of gamma irradiation on Schottky-contacted vertically aligned ZnO nanorod-based hydrogen sensorSapana Ranwa, Surendra Singh Barala, Mattia Fanetti, Mahesh Kumar, 2016, original scientific article Abstract: We report the impact of gamma irradiation on the performance of a gold Schottky-contacted ZnO nanorod-based hydrogen sensor. RF-sputtered vertically aligned highly c-axis-oriented ZnO NRs were grown on Si(100) substrate. X-ray diffraction shows no significant change in crystal structure at low gamma doses from 1 to 5 kGy. As gamma irradiation doses increase to 10 kGy, the single crystalline ZnO structure converts to polycrystalline. The photoluminescence spectra also shows suppression of the near-band emission peak and the huge wide-band spectrum indicates the generation of structural defects at high gamma doses. At 1 kGy, the hydrogen sensor response was enhanced from 67% to 77% for 1% hydrogen in pure argon at a 150 °C operating temperature. However, at 10 kGy, the relative response decreases to 33.5%. High gamma irradiation causes displacement damage and defects in ZnO NRs, and as a result, degrades the sensor's performance as a result. Low gamma irradiation doses activate the ZnO NR surface through ionization, which enhances the sensor performance. The relative response of the hydrogen sensor was enhanced by ∼14.9% with respect to pristine ZnO using 1 kGy gamma ray treatment. © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. Found in: ključnih besedah Keywords: ZnO, nanorods, gamma irradiation, sensor Published: 12.01.2017; Views: 1929; Downloads: 0
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3. Improvement in the Sensing Response of Nano-Crystalline ZnO-Based Hydrogen Sensor: Effect of Swift Heavy Ion IrradiationSapana Ranwa, Mohit Kumar, Pawan Kumar Kulriya, Mattia Fanetti, Matjaž Valant, 2016, original scientific article Found in: ključnih besedah Keywords: Gas sensor, nano-crystalline, swift heavy ion irradiation, ZnO Published: 13.01.2017; Views: 2123; Downloads: 0
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4. New strategy for magnetic gas sensingRoberta Ciprian, Piero Torelli, Angelo Giglia, B Gobaut, Barbara Ressel, Janez Štupar, Matija Stupar, Antonio Caretta, Giovanni De Ninno, Tommaso Pincelli, Barbara Casarin, Ganesh Adhikari, G Sberviglieri, C Baratto, Marco Malvestuto, 2016, original scientific article Found in: ključnih besedah Summary of found: ...hybrid nanostructures, sensor, absorption spectroscopy... Keywords: hybrid nanostructures, sensor, absorption spectroscopy Published: 05.02.2018; Views: 1571; Downloads: 0
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6. A multi-thermal-lens approach to evaluation of multi-pass probe beam configuration in thermal lens spectrometryHumberto Cabrera, Leja Goljat, Dorota Korte, Ernesto Marin, Mladen Franko, original scientific article Abstract: In this work, a recently proposed thermal lens instrument based on multi-pass probe beam concept is investigated and described as a multi-thermal-lens equivalent system. A simulation of the photothermal lens signal formation in a multi-thermal-lens equivalent configuration of the system is performed and validated by comparing the experimental signals of single, dual and ten-pass configurations to theoretically calculated values. The theoretically predicted enhancement of the signal is 9 to 10-fold for a weak thermal lens when comparing the ten-pass configuration with the conventional single-pass thermal lens system. Experimentally achieved signal enhancement in the ten-pass system is 8.3 for pure ethanol sample and between 8 and 9 for solutions with different concentrations of the Fe(II) - 1,10-Phenanthroline complex. Additionally, a value of 9.1 was calculated as the ratio of the slopes of the calibration lines obtained using the ten-pass and single-pass configurations. The achieved limit of detection for determination of Fe(II), in the ten-pass configuration, was 0.4 µgL-1, with a relative standard deviation around 4.5%, which compares favorably with previously reported results for TLS determination of Fe(II) in thin samples using low excitation power. For the multi-pass configuration the linear range of measurement is reduced when compared to the single-pass configuration. This is explained by the theoretical analysis of the photothermal signal under multi-pass condition, which shows the important contribution of the nonlinear term in the theoretical expression for the photothermal signal. The ten-pass configuration, which is presented and validated experimentally for the first time, offers important signal enhancement needed in recently developed TLS instruments with tunable, low power excitation sources. Found in: ključnih besedah Keywords: Thermal lens spectrometry, Photothermal detection, Trace determination, Chemical sensor Published: 10.12.2019; Views: 918; Downloads: 0
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