The Au/n-SnO2/SiO/p-Si/Al heterostructures were grown using aerosol-gel and
spray pyrolysis methods. The effect of capacitance memory was discovered i
n the presence of polar gas molecules: C2H5OH, NH3, H2O. The mechanism of g
as sensitivity, capacitance memory and its switching was associated with th
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