{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6"],"submitter":["Wang C"],"pubmed_abstract":["A novel tubular NiO nanostructure was synthesized by a facile and low-cost hydrothermal strategy and then further functionalized by decorating α-Fe2O3 nanorods. The images of electron microscopy indicated that the α-Fe2O3 nanorods were assembled epitaxially on the surfaces of NiO nanotubes to form α-Fe2O3/NiO nanotubes. As a proof-of-concept demonstration of the function, gas sensing devices were fabricated from as-prepared α-Fe2O3/NiO nanotubes, and showed enhanced gas response and excellent selectivity toward toluene, giving a response of 8.8 to 5 ppm target gas, which was about 7.8 times higher than that of pure NiO nanotubes at 275 °C. The improved gas sensing performance of α-Fe2O3/NiO nanotubes could be attributed to the unique tubular morphology features, p-n heterojunctions and the synergetic behavior of α-Fe2O3 and NiO."],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["26432"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4872228"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Design of α-Fe2O3 nanorods functionalized tubular NiO nanostructure for discriminating toluene molecules."],"pmcid":["PMC4872228"],"pubmed_authors":["Zheng J","Sun P","Lu G","Wang B","Wang C","Wang T","Zhou X","Cheng X"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Design of α-Fe2O3 nanorods functionalized tubular NiO nanostructure for discriminating toluene molecules.","description":"A novel tubular NiO nanostructure was synthesized by a facile and low-cost hydrothermal strategy and then further functionalized by decorating α-Fe2O3 nanorods. The images of electron microscopy indicated that the α-Fe2O3 nanorods were assembled epitaxially on the surfaces of NiO nanotubes to form α-Fe2O3/NiO nanotubes. As a proof-of-concept demonstration of the function, gas sensing devices were fabricated from as-prepared α-Fe2O3/NiO nanotubes, and showed enhanced gas response and excellent selectivity toward toluene, giving a response of 8.8 to 5 ppm target gas, which was about 7.8 times higher than that of pure NiO nanotubes at 275 °C. The improved gas sensing performance of α-Fe2O3/NiO nanotubes could be attributed to the unique tubular morphology features, p-n heterojunctions and the synergetic behavior of α-Fe2O3 and NiO.","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 May","modification":"2024-11-21T03:43:38.432Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:14:02Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4872228","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27193353"],"doi":["10.1038/srep26432"]}}