Self-heating in pulsed mode for signal quality improvement: Application to carbon nanostructures-based sensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 226, Issue , 2016, Pages 254-265

  Monereo, O ^a   Casals, O ^a   Prades, J D ^a   Cirera, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conductometric gas sensor; High stability; Low power consumption; Nanomaterials; Pulsed sensing operation; Self heating

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONDUCTOMETRIC GAS SENSORS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; PULSE CHARACTERISTICS; PULSED SENSING OPERATION; SELF-HEATING; TEMPERATURE MODULATION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

HEATING;

EID: 84949843851     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.11.049     Document Type: Article

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