A miniaturized thermal desorption unit for chemical sensing below odor threshold

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Nieß, Johannes ^a,b   Hamacher, Tim ^a   Lammers, Peter Schulze ^a   Weber, Edwin ^b   Boeker, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorber; Odor; Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; HEATING; ODORS; QUARTZ;

QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM);

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 18744422638     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00394-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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