Towards a modular, versatile and portable sensor system for measurements in gaseous environments based on microcantilevers

Procedia Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 208-211

  Lang, H P ^a   Filippi, A ^a   Tonin, A ^a   Huber, F ^a   Backmann, N ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Gerber, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

array; breath test sensor; chemical sensor; electronic nose; Microcantilever; wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; BREATH TEST SENSOR; BREATH TESTS; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGY; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOCANTILEVERS; PUMPS; SENSOR ARRAYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 71549158502     PISSN: 18766196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proche.2009.07.052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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