Towards enhanced detection of chemical agents: Design and development a microfabmcated preconcentrator

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2291-2294

  Pai, Rekha S ^a   McGill, R Andrew ^a   Stepnowski, Stanley V ^a   Stepnowski, Jennifer L ^b   Williams, Kimberly P ^b   Summers, Heather ^b   Furstenberg, Robert ^a   Rake, Matthew T ^b   Nguyen, Viet K ^a   Simonson, Duane L ^a   Higgins, Bernadette ^a   Kendziora, Chris ^a   Houser, Eric J ^a,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c Transportation Security Research and Development Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical agents; Chemical sensor and focusing device; Explosives; Flow through; Hazardous chemicals; Illicit materials; Ion mobility spectroscopy; MEMS; Microfabricated preconcentrator; Trace detection

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MICROSYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC COATINGS; SENSORS; SNOW; SORPTION; TRANSDUCERS;

ANALYTE; CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL SENSOR AND FOCUSING DEVICE; CHEMICAL VAPORS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXPLOSIVES; FLOW-THROUGH; FLUORESCENT PARTICLES; FRONT END; HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS; HOT PLATES; ILLICIT MATERIALS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; ION MOBILITY SPECTROSCOPY; MEMS; MICROFABRICATED PRECONCENTRATOR; MICROMACHINED; NON-UNIFORMITIES; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; PRE CONCENTRATORS; PRECISE CONTROL; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; THERMAL STABILITY; TRACE DETECTION;

CHEMICAL STABILITY;

EID: 50049133137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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