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Metal Oxide Nanowire Sensors with Complex Morphologies and Compositions

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Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors

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Metal oxide nanowire sensors with complex morphologies and compositions have shown promising properties due to their high surface-to-volume ratio and stable structures against agglomeration. In this chapter, a series of metal oxide nanostructures modified via surface coating, morphology variation, doping and appropriate energy band engineering have been investigated, and the sensing mechanism is discussed. By using nanostructures with complex morphologies and compositions in simple material synthesis routes, the structure of the sensitive material is modified, the electronic transport of the sensor is regulated and the sensing properties can be greatly improved, including enhancing the sensitivity and selectivity, lowering the working temperatures, reducing the response time and achieving long-term stability.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support from “973” National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB310500), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21003041), and Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10JJ1011).

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    Qiuhong Li, Lin Mei, Ming Zhuo, Ming Zhang & Taihong Wang

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Li, Q., Mei, L., Zhuo, M., Zhang, M., Wang, T. (2013). Metal Oxide Nanowire Sensors with Complex Morphologies and Compositions. In: Carpenter, M., Mathur, S., Kolmakov, A. (eds) Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors. Integrated Analytical Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5395-6_11

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