A microfluidic-colorimetric sensor for continuous monitoring of reactive environmental chemicals

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1529-1535

  Wang, Rui ^a   Prabhakar, Amlendu ^a   Iglesias, Rodrigo A ^a   Xian, Xiaojun ^a   Shan, Xiaonan ^a   Tsow, Francis ^a   Forzani, Erica S ^b   Tao, Nongjian ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical sensors; colorimetry; environmental sensors; nitrogen oxides; ozone

Indexed keywords

ANALYTE CONCENTRATION; ANALYTES; COLOR CHANGES; COLOR GRADIENTS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; REAL SAMPLES; SENSING MATERIAL; SENSING PRINCIPLE; SINGLE-POINT MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COLOR; COLORIMETERS; MICROFLUIDICS; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SENSORS;

COLORIMETRY;

EID: 84860194406     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2174218     Document Type: Article

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