A portable sensor with disposable electrodes for water bacterial quality assessment

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1775-1782

  Grossi, Marco ^a   Lazzarini, Roberto ^a   Lanzoni, Massimo ^b   Pompei, Anna ^a   Matteuzzi, Diego ^a   Ricco, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Carpigiani Group   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; coliforms; disposable electrodes; embedded system; impedance; portable sensor

Indexed keywords

COLIFORMS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DISPOSABLE ELECTRODES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL GROWTH RATE; PORTABLE SENSORS;

BACTERIA; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84876025215     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2243142     Document Type: Article

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