Electronic interfaces

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 295-329

  Falconi, Christian ^a   Martinelli, Eugenio ^a   Di Natale, Corrado ^a   D'Amico, Arnaldo ^a,b   Maloberti, Franco ^c   Malcovati, Piero ^c   Baschirotto, Andrea ^d   Stornelli, Vincenzo ^e   Ferri, Giuseppe ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic interfaces; Smart systems

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSORS;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY DOMAIN; ELECTRONIC INTERFACES; NON ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; SMART SYSTEMS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846332753     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.09.022     Document Type: Article

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