High-quality optical fibers can be produced now at a low cost and large quantity, and this
has further promoted the development of fiber-optic (chemical) sensors. After over 30 years …

Most volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic, and can
have serious effects on human health and the ecological environment. Therefore, the …

Sensors play a large role in monitoring and ensuring that environmental parameters satisfy
industrial requirements. They offer crucial safety measures in the early detection of hazards …

ZnO is an important n-type semiconductor sensing material. Currently, much attention has
been attracted to finding an effective method to prepare ZnO nanomaterials with high …

A fiber optic ethanol gas sensor with ZnSnO 3 hollow cube/nano-TiO 2 composite coating
based on ultraviolet (UV) radiation sensitization was proposed, which can realize high …

Rapid industrialization and urbanization have unequivocally eased the lives of people to an
appreciable extent, which however, has been achieved at the cost of an unprecedented …

Abstract Undoped ZnO and Gd doped ZnO nanostructures were successfully synthesized by
a sonochemical method. Concentration effect of Gd dopant on the phase, morphology and …

Pollution in cities induces harmful effects on human health, which continuously increases
the global demand of gas sensors for air quality control and monitoring. In the same manner …

Semiconductor based photocatalysis attracts wide attention because of its ability to directly
utilize solar energy to degrade pollutants and convert energy, with heterojunction …

Nanostructured ZnO thin films doped with cobalt from 5% to 20% were grown on glass
substrates by a low‐temperature chemical bath deposition (CBD) technique. We compared …