Magnetic-field-enhanced morphology of tin oxide nanomaterials for gas sensing applications

College

College of Science

Department/Unit

Physics

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volume

2017

Publication Date

6-18-2017

Abstract

We studied the effect of an external magnetic field (up to 0.31 T) on the growth of SnO2 nanowires fabricated using the horizontal vapor phase growth (HPVG) technique. The morphology of the nanowires was characterized by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the chemical composition was characterized by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis. We found that the length of nanowires was significantly enhanced by the application of EMF. The aspect ratio, as well as the density of the fabricated nanowires, increased with increasing magnetic field intensity. Although the physics behind the morphology enhancement of the nanowires under magnetic field is still being investigated, nevertheless, we demonstrated that the magnetic field could be used as a key parameter to control the morphology of tin oxide nanomaterials grown via HPVG technique. The magnetically enhanced nanowires were used in the development of a gas sensor and were found to be sensitive to hydrogen sulfide gas and the headspace gas emitted by spoiling meat. © 2017 Jonathan C. Briones et al.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1155/2017/4396723

Disciplines

Physics

Keywords

Nanostructured materials; Nanowires; Tin; Gas detectors; Scanning electron microscopy

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