Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on

Nanostructures (ICNS4)

12-14 March 2012, Kish Island, I.R. Iran

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Slab Waveguide Optical Sensor Using Negative Index Materials: TE Case

S. A. Taya. M. M. Shabat* Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Gaza, P.O.Box 108, Gaza, Palestine *shabatm@googlemail.com

We consider a slab waveguide structure with a negative index material as a guiding layer between a linear substrate and a nonlinear cladding with an intensity-dependent refractive index. We investigate theoretically the sensitivity of TM modes to changes in the refractive index of the cladding. Our results reveal a considerable sensitivity enhancement using negative index materials for slab waveguide sensor applications. Keywords: Left-handed materials; Nonlinear waveguides; Sensors; Sensitivity APP 100

sors. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) images manifested the nanostructure of PSi with a mean pore diameter of about 38 nm. The current-voltage analysis confirms that at high temperatures and in the presence of CO2, the currents increase sharply with increasing the voltages particularly for coated samples since high temperature and adsorption of CO2 by the sensing material multiply the charge carriers and result in an increase in the measured current. A comparison of sensitivity at 303 and 423 K proves that PSi/BrAlPc is high sensitive for CO2 detecting. Keywords: Nanostructured porous silicon; Gas sensor; Scanning electron microscope image; Sensitivity APP 102

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Fabrication of Field Ionization Gas Sensor Based on Titanium Oxide Nanotube Arrays
A. Nikfarjama, R. Mohammadpourb, A. Iraji zad b, c* a Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, 143951561, Tehran, Iran. b Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Street, Tehran, Iran c Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Street, Tehran, Iran. * iraji@sharif.edu

Colorimetric Determination of Hydrazine and Phenylhydrazine Based on the Surface Plasmon Resonance Band of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles
M.Reza Hormozi-Nezhada, b*, P. Karamia a Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 111559516, Iran b Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran *hormozi@sharif.edu

A simple and effective procedure is proposed for colorimetric detection of hydrazine and phenylhydrazine. It was found that the reduction of AuCl4- to gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) by these compounds in the presence of Tween-20 as a stabilizing agent produced very intense surface plasmon resonance peak of Au-NPs. The plasmon absorbance of the Au-NPs allows the quantitative spectrophotometric detection of the hydrazine and phenylhydrazine. The calibration curves derived from the changes in absorbance at = 530 nm were linear with concentration of ydrazine and phenylhydrazine in the range of 1.010-5- 2.010-4 M, 210-5 - 210-4 M, respectively. The resulting nanoparticles were characterized using UVVis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS).The method was applied successfully to the determination of hydrazine in boiler feedwater. Keywords: Gold nanoparticles; Colorimetric; Surface plasmon; Hydrazine APP 101

We fabricated gas sensors based on field ionization from titanium oxide nanotube grown on titanium foil templates. Titanium oxides were grown by anodic oxidation method. We measured breakdown voltages and discharge currents of the device for various gases. Our gas ionization sensors (GIS) presented good sensitivity, selectivity and low operating voltages. Keywords: Gas ionization sensor; Titanium oxide nanotubes APP 103

Pt/WO3 Nanoplatelet/SiC Schottky Diode Based Hydrogen Gas Sensor

M. Shafieia, b*, J. Yub, c, A. Z. Sadekd, N. Mottaa, K. Kalantar-zadehb, W. Wlodarskib a School of Engineering Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia b School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia c Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR d School of Applied Sciences, Applied Physics, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia *mahnaz.shafiei@qut.edu.au

Electrical and Gas Sensing Characteristics of Nanostructured Porous Silicon Coated with Thin Films of Bromoaluminum Phthalocyanine Exposed to CO2
M. E. Azim-Araghia, Z. Bisadia, R. S. Dariani b* a Department of Physics, Tarbiat Moallem University, Tehran, 1571914911, Iran b Department of Physics, Alzahra University, Tehran, 1993891176, Iran * dariani@alzahra.ac.ir

We employed silicon (Si) and nanostructured porous silicon (PSi) along with bromoaluminum phthalocyanine (BrAlPc) as a novel material in gas sensing) coated Si and PSi to construct sandwich devices with aluminum (Al) electrodes to be examined as CO2 sen-

This paper presents the fabrication and study of a Schottky diode based on Pt/WO3 nanoplatelet/SiC for H2 gas sensing applications. The nanostructured WO3 films were synthesized from tungsten (sputtered on SiC) via an acid-etching method using a 1.5 M HNO3 solution. Scanning electron microscopy of the developed films revealed platelet crystals with thicknesses in the order of 20-60 nm and lengths between 100-700 nm. The current-voltage characteristic and dynamic response of the diodes were measured in the presence of air and 1% H2 gas balanced in air from 25 to 300C. Upon exposure to 1% H2, voltage shifts of 0.64, 0.93 and 1.14 V were recorded at temperatures of 120, 200 and 300C, respectively at a constant forward bias current of 500 A. Keywords: Sensor; Hydrogen; Schottky diode; WO3 nanoplatelet; Acid etching

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