Sniffing Out a Better Chemical Sensor
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 15:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Marrying a sensitive detector technology capable of distinguishing hundreds of different chemical compounds with a pattern-recognition module that mimics the way animals recognize odors, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new approach for "electronic noses."
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