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International Journal of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Volume 1 (2015), Article ID 1:IJMME-119, 18 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2372/2015/119
Research Article
Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Next Generation Gas Sensors

Nguyen Viet Long1,2,3*, Toshiharu Teranishi1, Yong Yang2, Cao Minh Thi4, Yanqin Cao2 and Masayuki Nogami5

1Faculty of Information, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
2State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, 1295, Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, China
3Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, km 10 Nguyen Trai, Hanoi, Vietnam
4Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, 144/24 Dien Bien Phu, Ward 25, BinhThanh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
5Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, 41-1 Yokomichi Nagakute, 480-1192, Japan
Dr. Nguyen Viet Long, Faculty of Information, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; E-mail: nguyenviet_long@yahoo.com
02 May 2015; 14 December 2015; 16 December 2015
Long NV, Teranishi T, Yang Y, Thi CM, Cao Y, et al. (2015) Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Next Generation Gas Sensors. Int J Metall Mater Eng 1: 119. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2372/2015/119
This work was supported by the Elements Strategy Initiative Center for Magnetic Materials (ESICMM) project from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan. We greatly thank and appreciate the financial supports from Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan. We also thank and appreciate the financial supports and projects sponsored by Chinese Academy of Sciences (Visiting Fellowship for Researchers from Developing Countries, Grant No. 2013FFGB0007), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2014M551462) from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other Universities for our research on Novel Nanoparticles for Gas Sensitivity, Catalysis, Biology and Medicine (Nanomedicine).

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