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In Vivo Bioelectronic Nose

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Detection of odors has been applied to many real applications, such as quality control of food products, safety and security, environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis, and so on. These natural odors are composed of many different odorant molecules.

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Zhuang, L., Guo, T., Zhang, B. (2015). In Vivo Bioelectronic Nose. In: Wang, P., Liu, Q., Wu, C., Hsia, K. (eds) Bioinspired Smell and Taste Sensors. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7333-1_9

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