Improvement of integrated Ag/AgCl thin-film electrodes by KCl-gel coating for ISFET applications

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-64

  Huang, I Yu ^a   Huang, Ruey Shing ^b   Lo, Lieh Hsi ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ag AgCl; Agarose; ISFET; KCl gel; pH sensor; Reference electrode

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GELS; HYSTERESIS; ION SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PH EFFECTS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; THIN FILMS;

SOLID STATE ELECTRODES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0037811248     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00326-5     Document Type: Article

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