A survey on gas sensing technology

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 9635-9665

  Liu, Xiao ^a   Cheng, Sitian ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Hu, Sha ^a   Zhang, Daqiang ^b   Ning, Huansheng ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas sensing methods; Selectivity; Sensing materials; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864335232     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120709635     Document Type: Review

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