Sensors in outdoor environmental monitoring and site remediation
A special session on sensors in outdoor environmental monitoring and site remediation was held as part of the NIST Workshop on Gas Sensors. This manuscript summarizes the main points of the workshop. Application areas, issues of concern, and potentially fruitful areas for further research and development were discussed. The main conclusion of the group was that the problems and potential solutions to problems in environmental monitoring were common to other application areas of sensing as well. Of particular concern to the group were the many barriers to final development and commercialization of sensors. Barriers included lack of information on potential markets lack of support of development, (as opposed to more basic research), and difficulties in developing the final packaging for a device. The characterization and development of chemically selective materials for sensor coatings was viewed by the group as a particularly important area for future research.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 10189969
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-23102; CONF-9309247-2; ON: DE94001671
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) workshop on gas sensors,Gaithersburg, MD (United States),8-9 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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