Detection of diverse mould species growing on building materials by gas sensor arrays and pattern recognition

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Kuske, M ^a   Padilla, M ^b   Romain, A C ^a   Nicolas, J ^a   Rubio, R ^b   Marco, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gas sensor arrays; Moulds; Pattern recognition; Sensor arrays

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BIODIVERSITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FUNGI; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

GAS SENSOR ARRAYS; METAL OXIDE SENSOR ARRAYS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33748304183     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.02.059     Document Type: Article

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