NANOSENSOFLEX: Nanostructured semiconducting metal oxide gas sensors for flexible automotive and domestic applications

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0306

Key words (English)

Industrial Manufacture; Materials Technology

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: G5RD-CT-2002-00722

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.8 Generic R&D activities

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

Environmental specifications become more and severe and require development of highly sophisticated but cheap and miniaturised systems, which can reliably detect air pollutants as well as perform functions such as opening or closing air inlets. In this context, the objective of the proposal is to realise the most advanced solid state metal oxide gas sensor. For this purpose, the work-programme is based on a combination of silicon micro-electronic processes and of innovative nano-particular metal-oxide materials, which will offer a high level of sensing properties, stability, selectivity, high miniaturisation and a very low-power consumption. The results will be developed for portable pollution meters, for cabinair quality monitoring in automotive, for building air conditioning control.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
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CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 01.0306