A monolithically-integrated μGC chemical sensor system

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 6517-6532

  Manginell, Ronald P ^a   Bauer, Joseph M ^b   Moorman, Matthew W ^a   Sanchez, Lawrence J ^a   Anderson, John M ^a   Whiting, Joshua J ^c   Porter, Daniel A ^d   Copic, Davor ^e   Achyuthan, Komandoor E ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Three Degrees of Separation   (United States)

^d University of Louisville   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

GC; Cost modeling; CWA simulants; Monolithic integration; Thermal isolation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BREATH TESTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES;

EID: 79960776468     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110706517     Document Type: Article

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