Growth, Characterization, and Application of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Using the RF-Magnetron Sputtering Method.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this work is to synthesize and characterize a nanostructured material with improved parameters suitable as a chemiresistive gas sensor sensitive to propylene glycol vapor (PGV). Thus, we demonstrate a simple and cost-effective technology to grow vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and fabricate a PGV sensor based on Fe₂O₃:ZnO/CNT material using the radio frequency magnetron sputtering method. The presence of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on the Si(100) substrate was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Raman, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopies. The uniform distribution of elements in both CNTs and Fe₂O₃:ZnO materials was revealed by e-mapped images. The hexagonal shape of

SUBMITTER: Aleksanyan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10268627 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature