Development and deployment of a microfluidic platform for water quality monitoring

Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-148

  Cleary, J ^a   Maher, D ^a   Diamond, D ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autonomous sensing; Chemical sensors; Microfluidics; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL SENSORS; WATER QUALITY;

AUTONOMOUS SENSING; IN- SITU MONITORING; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84940440505     PISSN: 21948402     EISSN: 21948410     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37006-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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