Nanostructured metal oxide gas sensors, a survey of applications carried out at SENSOR lab, brescia (Italy) in the security and food quality fields

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 17023-17045

  Ponzoni, Andrea ^a,b   Comini, Elisabetta ^a,b   Concina, Isabella ^a,b   Ferroni, Matteo ^a,b   Falasconi, Matteo ^a,b   Gobbi, Emanuela ^a,c   Sberveglieri, Veronica ^d   Sberveglieri, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alicyclobacillus; Chemical warfare agents; Chemisresistors; DMMP; Electronic nose; Metal oxides; Microbial spoilage; Multivariate analysis; Nanowires; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ALICYCLOBACILLUS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHEMISRESISTORS; DMMP; ELECTRONIC NOSE; METAL OXIDES; MICROBIAL SPOILAGE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS;

BACILLI; CHEMICAL WARFARE; GAS DETECTORS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOWIRES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SENSORY AIDS; THIN FILMS;

SENSORS;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; GAS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; REVIEW;

FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; GASES; ITALY; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; OXIDES;

EID: 84871675111     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121217023     Document Type: Review

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