Artificial nose employing microsphere sensors for detection of volatile organic compounds

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4575, Issue , 2001, Pages 132-137

  Stitzel, Shannon E ^a   Albert, Keith J ^a   Ignatov, Sergei G ^b   Walt, David R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Artificial nose; Bacteria; Vapor detection; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSENSORS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MICROSPHERE SENSORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035764009     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456916     Document Type: Article

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