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Needle-like ZnO nanobelts are unique as, according to our knowledge, there is no evidence of such morphology in previous literature. The structural, morphological and optical characterization was carried out using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and diffused reflectance spectroscopy techniques. It was observed that the sensing response of comb-like structures for UV light was greater as compared to the other grown structures. Comb-like structure based gas sensors successfully detect CO at 75 \u00b0C while other structures did not show any response.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s121013842","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,16]],"date-time":"2012-10-16T11:36:59Z","timestamp":1350387419000},"page":"13842-13851","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Synthesis of ZnO Nanostructures for Low Temperature CO and UV Sensing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Muhammad","family":"Amin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Thin Films Technology Laboratory, Department of Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Umair","family":"Manzoor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Alamoudi Water Chair, King Saud University, P.O. 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