Nanostructured optical fibre sensors for breathing airflow monitoring

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1207-1210

  Kang, Y ^a   Ruan, H ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Arregui, F J ^b   Matias, I R ^b   Claus, R O ^c  

^a NANOSONIC INC   (United States)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathing airflow; Breathing sensor; Molecular self assembly; Optical fibre sensor; Thin film

Indexed keywords

BREATH CONTROLLED DEVICES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PRODUCT DESIGN; THIN FILMS;

BREATHING AIRFLOW; BREATHING SENSORS; MOLECULAR SELFASSEMBLY; RESPIRATION;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

BREATH CONTROLLED DEVICES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PRODUCT DESIGN; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33646204624     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/5/S44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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