Taste sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 205-215

  Toko, Kiyoshi ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chemical substances; Global selectivity; Lipid membranes; Quantified taste; Taste sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000177855     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(99)00508-0     Document Type: Article

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