Identification and quantification of different vapours using a single polymer chemoresistor and the novel dual transient temperature modulation technique

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 370-380

  Iwaki, T ^a,b   Covington, J A ^b   Udrea, F ^c   Gardner, J W ^b  

^a DENSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon black polymer composite; Gas sensor; Micro hotplate; Temperature modulation

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; COMPOSITE SENSORS; ETHANOL VAPOURS; GAS SENSOR; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS; MICRO-HOTPLATE; PEAK HEIGHT; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SINGLE POLYMERS; SQUARE WAVES; TEMPERATURE MODULATION; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE;

ETHANOL; GAS DETECTORS; METHANOL; MODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 68949169090     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.06.050     Document Type: Article

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