Polymer-based microsensor for soil moisture measurement

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 599-604

  Liu, Jie ^a   Agarwal, Mangilal ^a   Varahramyan, Kody ^a   Berney IV, Ernest S ^b   Hodo, Wayne D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Humidity sensor; Moisture sensor; Poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT PSS); Polymer sensor; Soil gravimetric water content measurement

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; POLYMER FILMS; SHEET RESISTANCE; SOIL MOISTURE;

GRAVIMETRIC WATER CONTENT; MOISTURE SENSORS; POLYMER SENSORS;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 38949108300     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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