Electronic tongues-a review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3001-3011

  Tahara, Yusuke ^a   Toko, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic tongue; global selectivity; lipid polymer membrane; taste sensor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; GENERAL ELECTRONICS; LIPID/POLYMER MEMBRANES; OBJECTIVE EVALUATION; QUANTIFICATION OF TASTES; SENSING PRINCIPLE; SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TASTE SENSOR;

BEVERAGES; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SENSORS;

ELECTRONIC TONGUES;

EID: 84880670888     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2263125     Document Type: Review

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