Ammonia detection using nanoporous alumina resistive and surface acoustic wave sensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Varghese, Oomman K ^a   Gong, Dawei ^a   Dreschel, William R ^a   Ong, Keat G ^a   Grimes, Craig A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina; Ammonia; Mesoporous; Nanoporous; Sensor; Surface acoustic wave

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ALUMINA; AMMONIA; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PORE SIZE; TOPOLOGY;

NANOPOROUS MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0038163889     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00252-1     Document Type: Article

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