Trends in odor intensity for human and electronic noses: Relative roles of odorant vapor pressure vs. molecularly specific odorant binding

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 5442-5447

  Doleman, Brett J ^a   Severin, Erik J ^a   Lewis, Nathan S ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon black composites; Odor threshold; Olfaction; Vapor sensor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKANE; CARBON; POLYMER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSOR; SMELLING; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR;

EID: 0032510695     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.10.5442     Document Type: Article

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