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    CO sensing characteristics of In-doped ZnO semiconductor nanoparticles

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    Abstract A study on the CO sensing characteristics of In-doped ZnO semiconductor nanoparticles (IZO NPs) prepared by a modified sol–gel technique is reported. The morphological and microstructural features of IZO NPs with various dopant concentrations (1 at.%, 2 at.%, 3 at.%, and 5 at.% In) were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The influence of indium doping on defect characteristics of ZnO was also investigated by photoluminescence (PL). A thick film of IZO NPs was deposited by screen printing on an alumina substrate provided with a pair of Pt interdigitated electrodes to fabricate a simple conductometric sensor platform. The as fabricated In-doped ZnO sensors showed enhanced sensitivity to CO gas with respect to pure ZnO one. Sensors with low dopant loading (1 at.% and 2 at.% In) were found to be more sensitive with shorter response and recovery times than those with high dopant loading

    Optical limiting efficiency of an electroactive bis-iminopyridine ligand and its zinc complex

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    An electroactive based bis-iminopyridine ligand has been synthesized by a condensation reaction between (4-(6,7-dimethyldithio-tetrathiafulvalene)-aniline) with 2,6-diformylpyridine. The complexation of this ligand with ZnCl2 afforded a tetrahedral neutral Zinc metal complex. Nonlinear optical measurements of these structures have given good results in picosecond regime. The nonlinear absorption of the ligand was significantly enhanced upon complexation with ZnCl2. This prompted us to conduct the experiment of optical limiting at wavelength 532nm. The nonlinear absorption properties of these structures were studied and compared to the reference material C60

    Optical limiting efficiency of an electroactive bis-iminopyridine ligand and its zinc complex

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    An electroactive based bis-iminopyridine ligand has been synthesized by a condensation reaction between (4-(6,7-dimethyldithio-tetrathiafulvalene)-aniline) with 2,6-diformylpyridine. The complexation of this ligand with ZnCl2 afforded a tetrahedral neutral Zinc metal complex. Nonlinear optical measurements of these structures have given good results in picosecond regime. The nonlinear absorption of the ligand was significantly enhanced upon complexation with ZnCl2. This prompted us to conduct the experiment of optical limiting at wavelength 532nm. The nonlinear absorption properties of these structures were studied and compared to the reference material C60

    A Low Cost Resistive Gas Sensor Network Based on Zn-Al Doped and Co3O4 Nanopowder Composite

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    In this paper a network architecture for the monitoring of NO2 emissions in the industrial scenarios is presented. The proposed system is based on chemoresistive gas sensors realized by mixing nano-composite of ZnO, doped by Al (5%) and Co3O4. The obtained compound presents appreciable sensitivity to NO2 exposure at room temperature which makes it suitable for low-power applications. The sensor is embedded in an IoT framework exploiting the Long Range (LoRa) LPWAN connectivity with the associated LoRaWAN protocol, granting data transmission over a wide area. Thus, the acquired data will be forwarded to a Cloud platform to be collected and remotely managed
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