Room Temperature Ethanol Microsensors Based on Silanized Tungsten Oxide Nanowires

Gas microsensors based on tungsten oxide (WO3-x) nanowires (NWs) silanized with APTES (3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane) are developed in this work. These surface modified microsensors are highly sensitive to ethanol at room temperature (RT) via photoactivation and show enhanced selectivity towards other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including acetone and toluene.