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A study of the sensitivity of nanocrystalline indium oxide with various sizes of nanocrystals to nitrogen dioxide

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The influence of NO2 adsorption on the electric conductance of the nanocrystalline indium oxide with various sizes of nanocrystals has been investigated. When the nanocrystal size decreases, the sensitivity (the ratio of the In2O3 conductance in the air and the conductance after NO2 adsorption) grows at first but then declines. An explanation for the nonmonotonous behavior of the sensitivity is offered.

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  1. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    E. A. Forsh, A. V. Marikutsa, M. N. Martyshov, P. A. Forsh, M. N. Rumyantseva, A. M. Gas’kov & P. K. Kashkarov

  2. National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, pl. Akademika Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    E. A. Forsh, M. N. Martyshov, P. A. Forsh & P. K. Kashkarov

  3. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskii per. 9, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, 141700, Russia

    P. K. Kashkarov

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Forsh, A.V. Marikutsa, M.N. Martyshov, P.A. Forsh, M.N. Rumyantseva, A.M. Gas’kov, P.K. Kashkarov, 2012, published in Rossiiskie Nanotekhnologii, 2012, Vol. 7, Nos. 3–4.

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Forsh, E.A., Marikutsa, A.V., Martyshov, M.N. et al. A study of the sensitivity of nanocrystalline indium oxide with various sizes of nanocrystals to nitrogen dioxide. Nanotechnol Russia 7, 164–168 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995078012020073

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