{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Mohamed Zahidi M"],"funding":["Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia"],"pagination":["256"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9861450"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["This study fabricated tantalum (Ta)-doped titanium dioxide with a unique nanorod-assembled actinomorphic-flower-like microsphere structured film. The Ta-doped TiO<sub>2</sub> actinomorphic-flower-like microsphere (TAFM) was fabricated via the solution immersion method in a Schott bottle with a home-made improvised clamp. The samples were characterised using FESEM, HRTEM, XRD, Raman, XPS, and Hall effect measurements for their structural and electrical properties. Compared to the undoped sample, the rutile-phased TAFM sample had finer nanorods with an average 42 nm diameter assembled to form microsphere-like structures. It also had higher oxygen vacancy sites, electron concentration, and mobility. In addition, a reversed double-beam photoacoustic spectroscopy measurement was performed for T"],"journal":["Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Formation of a Nanorod-Assembled TiO<sub>2</sub> Actinomorphic-Flower-like Microsphere Film via Ta Doping Using a Facile Solution Immersion Method for Humidity Sensing."],"pmcid":["PMC9861450"],"funding_grant_id":["FRGS/1/2022/TK07/UITM/02/7"],"pubmed_authors":["Subki ASRA","Ohtani B","Abdullah MH","Mohamed A","Mohamed Zahidi M","Bakar SA","Mamat MH","Ahmad MK","Hassan H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Formation of a Nanorod-Assembled TiO<sub>2</sub> Actinomorphic-Flower-like Microsphere Film via Ta Doping Using a Facile Solution Immersion Method for Humidity Sensing.","description":"This study fabricated tantalum (Ta)-doped titanium dioxide with a unique nanorod-assembled actinomorphic-flower-like microsphere structured film. The Ta-doped TiO<sub>2</sub> actinomorphic-flower-like microsphere (TAFM) was fabricated via the solution immersion method in a Schott bottle with a home-made improvised clamp. The samples were characterised using FESEM, HRTEM, XRD, Raman, XPS, and Hall effect measurements for their structural and electrical properties. Compared to the undoped sample, the rutile-phased TAFM sample had finer nanorods with an average 42 nm diameter assembled to form microsphere-like structures. It also had higher oxygen vacancy sites, electron concentration, and mobility. In addition, a reversed double-beam photoacoustic spectroscopy measurement was performed for T","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-08-23T03:04:09.771Z","creation":"2025-04-06T09:47:18.501Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9861450","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36678009"],"doi":["10.3390/nano13020256"]}}