nanowire- and Microsphere-templated Gas Sensors
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Novel materials synthesis techniques were used to fabricate nanostructured and macroporous semiconducting metal oxide (SMO) films exhibiting exceptionally high sensitivity to reducing and oxidizing gases, as compared to conventionally prepared specimens. Increased sensitivity resulted from an elevated surface area and reduced specimen cross section. Several processing routes were pursued including electronspinning of semiconducting metal oxide (SMO) nanowires into a highly porous mat structure and microsphere templating followed by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of macroporous SMO material onto the microsphere templates.
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