MEMS devices for detecting the presence of explosive material residues in mine fields

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3392, Issue , 1998, Pages 409-417

  Fair, Richard B ^a   Pollack, Michael ^a   Pamula, Vamsee K ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantilever beams; Decomposition; Explosive particle detection; Land mines; MEMS; Nanogram particles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); CANTILEVER BEAMS; EXPLOSIVES; HEATING; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MINES; NANOCANTILEVERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; SENSORS; SOILS; TARGETS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES; ELECTROSTATIC TRANSDUCERS; EXPLOSIVE DETECTORS; EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; EXPLOSIVE PARTICLE DETECTION; EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES; HIGH INTENSITIES; INFRARED ENERGIES; INFRARED LIGHTS; LAND MINES; MEMS DEVICES; MEMS SENSORS; NANOGRAM PARTICLES; PARTICLE DETECTIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; PEAK ABSORPTIONS; SENSOR DEVICES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVES; ULTRASONIC BEAMS; ULTRASOUND;

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EID: 60849088301     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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