Microfabricated vapor preconcentrator for portable ion mobility spectroscopy

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 447-454

  Martin, Michael ^a   Crain, Mark ^a   Walsh, Kevin ^a   McGill, R Andrew ^b   Houser, Eric ^b   Stepnowski, Jennifer ^b   Stepnowski, Stanley ^b   Wu, Huey Daw ^b   Ross, Stuart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosives detection; Ion mobility spectroscopy (IMS); Micro hotplate; Microheater; Preconcentrator; Vapor preconcentrator

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; MACHINE DESIGN; MICROMACHINING; PLATINUM; POLYAMIDES; SERPENTINE; SILICON; SORBENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; ION MOBILITY SPECTROSCOPY (IMS); MICROHEATERS; PLATINUM HEATERS; VAPOR PRECONCENTRATOR DEVICES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 34548604301     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.03.040     Document Type: Article

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