Sample-oriented multicomponent systems

Central-automated, Sample-oriented Multicomponent Systems... 

Figure 19.3. A typical function-oriented multicomponent system. A central computer system controls all the components, including the robot arm, which performs transport tasks to carry samples among the other components. (Illustration courtesy of ISRA Systemtechnik GmbH.)...

The application of chemical sensors now and in the future will be oriented around real time monitoring of chemical and environmental processes [3, 4]. These processes are complex systems where a variety of chemicals are present. From a calibration point of view, sensor systems for these applications will either have to be fully selective or be able to handle multicomponent samples. Since the perfectly selective sensor is difficult to almost impossible to develop, sensors in the array or two-dimensional array format have certain advantages. 

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