Nanotechnology enables wireless gas sensing

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 84-95

  Thai, Trang T ^a   Yang, Li ^b   Dejean, Gerald R ^c   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS DETECTION; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSORS; HIGH CURRENTS; LONG DISTANCES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; RF PASSIVES; ULTRA-LOW POWER; ULTRASENSITIVE; WIRELESS TRANSDUCERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; GAS DETECTORS; PRINTING; SENSORS;

GASES;

EID: 79955895103     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2011.940594     Document Type: Article

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