Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 10 , Pages 982-988 , December 2006

Metal–metal oxide pH sensors for physiological application

  • Danny O’Hare

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, Chemical Engineering Building, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BY, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 207 594 5173; fax: +44 207 5945177.
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  • Kim H. Parker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, Chemical Engineering Building, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BY, United Kingdom
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  • C. Peter Winlove

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom

Received 28 April 2006 ,Accepted 4 May 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00098-1

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.05.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 10 , Pages 982-988 , December 2006

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