Development of a screen-printed thick-film nitrate sensor based on a graphite-epoxy composite for agricultural applications

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-344

  Artigas, J ^a   Jimenez, C ^b   Lemos, S G ^c   Nogueira, A R A ^c   Torre Neto, A ^c   Alonso, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

In situ soil analysis; Nitrate monitoring; Soil probe

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; GRAPHITE; NITRATES; SCREEN PRINTING; SOILS; THICK FILMS;

CHEMICAL PARAMETERS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0037429185     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(02)00399-4     Document Type: Article

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