POWRE: Synthesis and Electrical Property Characterization of Metal Oxide Thin Film Gas Sensors

化学部颁发的POWRE奖将支持Jeanne M. Hossenlopp在马奎特大学从事薄膜沉积和表征方面的材料科学研究。所提出的工作将导致在一个装置，以测量暴露于挥发性有机蒸气在大气条件下的薄膜的电性能。此外，新的程序将开发用于沉积氧化锡薄膜使用激光辅助化学气相沉积。研究生和本科生都将参与这项工作，学习气体传感器材料化学的基础知识，从而从材料和环境科学的角度为他们提供对这一科学领域的综合理解。

This POWRE award by the Chemistry Division will support Dr. Jeanne M. Hossenlopp in developing the materials science aspects of her research in thin film deposition and characterization at Marquette University. The proposed work will result in an apparatus to measure the electrical properties of thin films exposed to volatile organic vapors under atmospheric conditions. In addition new procedures will be developed for deposition of tin oxide films using laser assisted chemical vapor deposition. Both graduate and undergraduate students will participate in this work and learn the fundamentas of gas sensor material chemistry thereby providing them with an integrative understanding of this area of science from both the materials and environmental science perspectives.