Dynamic thermal sensor-principles in MEMS for fluid characterization

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-367

  Ernst, Herbert ^a   Jachimowicz, Artur ^b   Urban, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Fluidics; Microfluidics; Thermal variables measurement; Thermistors

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044399109     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7361.983477     Document Type: Article

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