Detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with polymer-coated cantilevers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 58, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 505-511

  Maute, M ^a   Raible, S ^a   Prins, F E ^a   Kern, D P ^a   Ulmer, H ^a   Weimar, U ^a   Gopel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; DEPOSITION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON WAFERS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POLYMER COATED CANTILEVERS; RESONANCE MODE;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0343244619     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(99)00110-0     Document Type: Article

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