Use of a simple tin oxide sensor array to identify five malodours collected in the field

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-79

  Romain, A C ^a   Nicolas, J ^a   Wiertz, V ^a   Maternova, J ^a   Andre Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TIN COMPOUNDS;

MALODOR SENSING SYSTEMS; TIN OXIDES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0033878266     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(99)00375-5     Document Type: Article

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