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Chemical microsensors

Journal Article · · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
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  1. Sandia National Lab., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Recent developments in the field of chemical microsensors are leading to new applications for which these devices have the potential to supplement or replace traditional analytical chemical instrumentation. The fundamentals of current microelectronic, acoustic wave, optical fiber, and electrochemical microsensors are presented, and a few recent, exciting results in these areas are described. Although future opportunities in the microsensor field are numerous, many significant problems, the majority of them related to the materials utilized for the chemically sensitive layers that are the front end of these devices, remain to be explored and solved.

DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
7237572
Journal Information:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 254:5028; ISSN SCIEA; ISSN 0036-8075
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English