Custom electronic nose with potential homeland security applications

Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 30-35

  Arshak, K I ^a   Cunniffe, C ^a   Moore, E G ^a   Cavanagh, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Electronic nose; Gas detection; Gas senor

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); POLYMERS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

COMPAQ (CO); ELECTRONIC NOSE; GAS DETECTION; TERRORIST ATTACKS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33751022575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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