SAW sensors for harsh environments

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-13

  Wolff, Ulrich ^b   Dickert, Franz Ludwig ^c   Fischerauer, Gerhard K ^a,b   Greibl, Wolfgang ^c   Ruppel, Clemens C W ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b EPCOS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemosensors; Coatings; Detection limit; High temperature; Instrumentation; Resolution; Selectivity; Sensing mechanisms; Sensitivity; Sensor materials; Surface acoustic waves; Torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002128126     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2001.923583     Document Type: Article

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