Review of recent trends in gas sensing technologies and their miniaturization potential

Sensor Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-35

  Lakkis, Sari ^a   Younes, Rafic ^b   Alayli, Yasser ^a   Sawan, Mohamad ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas; Miniature

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING TECHNOLOGIES; MINIATURE; OR APPLICATIONS; RECENT TRENDS; STATE OF THE ART; TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS DETECTORS; GASES;

MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84892394895     PISSN: 02602288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SR-11-2012-724     Document Type: Review

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