Nanosensor and breath analyzer for ammonia detection in exhaled human breath

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-53

  Gouma, P ^a   Kalyanasundaram, K ^b   Yun, X ^a   Stanacevic M ^a   Wang, L ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b RSM Electron Power Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia detection; Breath analyzer; Chemical sensing; Metal oxide based sensors; Nanosensors

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA DETECTION; BREATH ANALYZERS; CHEMICAL SENSING; METAL OXIDE-BASED SENSORS; METAL OXIDES;

AMMONIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 72349096018     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2036050     Document Type: Article

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