The optimisation of sorption sensor arrays for use in ambient conditions

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-79

  Lau, King Tong ^a   Micklefield, Jason ^a   Slater, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array sensor; BAW device; Gas sensors; Pattern recognition; Piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE (BAW) DEVICES; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS (DFA); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); SORPTION SENSOR ARRAYS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0032121140     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(98)00158-0     Document Type: Article

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