Non-Imaging Optical Method for Multi-Sensing of Gases Based on Porous Silicon

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Hutter, Tanya ^a   Ruschin, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Fourier transform; optical sensor; pH indicator; porous silicon

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008040096     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2035770     Document Type: Article

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