Detecting Volatile Organic Compounds in the ppb range with platinum-gate SiC-Field Effect Transistors

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bur, Christian ^a,b   Andersson, Mike ^a   Spetz, Anita Lloyd ^a   Helwig, Nikolai ^b   Schutze, Andreas ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PLATINUM; SENSORS; SILICON CARBIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DETECTION LIMITS; GAS-MIXING; HUMID ATMOSPHERES; HUMID CONDITIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

NAPHTHALENE;

EID: 84893920532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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