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Nanosensors: Does Crystal Shape Matter?
Author(s) -
Gurlo Aleksander
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201000680
Subject(s) - nanosensor , crystal (programming language) , materials science , morphology (biology) , nanocrystal , nanotechnology , metal , chemical engineering , metallurgy , computer science , engineering , programming language , biology , genetics
Crystal morphology changes the gas sensing activity! A recent study by X. G. Han et al. evidences the crystal morphology influence on the sensing activity of metal oxides. The sensor response of SnO 2 nanocrystals increases symbatly with increasing ratio of the high‐energy {221} facets.