A prototype sensor for in situ sensing of fine particulate matter and volatile organic compounds

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Ng, Chee Loon ^a   Kai, Fuu Ming ^b   Tee, Ming Hui ^a   Tan, Nicholas ^a   Hemond, Harold F ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b Agency for Science   (Singapore)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine particulate matter sensor; In situ real time air quality sensor; Multi pass absorbance; Optical sensor; Scattering; Volatile organic compounds sensor

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); OPTICAL SENSORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SCATTERING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS; ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; ABSORBANCES; AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); REAL TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 85040946779     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s18010265     Document Type: Article

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