Ying Tu's paper describing a novel room temperature sensor for ammonia has been accepted by ACS Sensors. As ammonia is gaining importance in the production and storage of hydrogen, there is an increasing demand for energy-efficient ammonia detectors. The device described in this paper boasts low power consumption, good sensitivity to ammonia at room temperature and a simple fabrication method.

The details of the paper are as follows:
Ammonia gas sensor response of a vertical zinc oxide nanorod-gold junction diode at room temperature
Ying Tu, Candice Kyle, Hui Luo, De-Wen Zhang, Anirban Das, Joe Briscoe, Steve Dunn, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, and Steffi Krause
ACS Sensors, in press

Updated by: Steffi Krause