Sensors and Microsystems: AISEM 2010 Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Odorant Detection and Discrimination in the Olfactory System....Pages 3-18
Better Sensors Through Chemistry: Some Selected Examples....Pages 19-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Alcohol-Infiltrated One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals....Pages 33-37
Conductance Variation Under UV: A Surface Barrier Modification....Pages 39-42
Poly[3-(4-Alkoxyphenyl)thiophenes] Based Chemical Sensors....Pages 43-47
Electrical Noise Characterization of Epoxy/MWCNT Composites....Pages 49-53
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Sensing Applications....Pages 55-59
A Novel Organic/MWCNTs Semiconductor Composite for Resistive Gas Sensors....Pages 61-65
An Exploratory Study on the Potential of Zeolite P-Based Materials for Sensing Applications....Pages 67-71
Thermoelectric Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Layers....Pages 73-79
 Bis -Pyrazole Based Thin Films for Optical Gas Detection....Pages 81-86
Room Temperature Hydrogen Sensor Based on Pt/TiO 2 /MWCNT Composites....Pages 87-91
Gas Influence on Photocurrent Generation in Metal Oxide Nanowires....Pages 93-97
Transition Metal Complexes as Ammonia Responsive Materials for SAW Chemical Sensors....Pages 99-103
Gas Microsensors with Metalloporphyrin-Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Networked Layers....Pages 105-111
Gas Sensing Properties of Indium Oxide Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation in Water....Pages 113-117
Chemical Sensors for Indoor Atmosphere Monitoring....Pages 119-123
Electrochemical and Morphological Investigation on Gold Bio-Nano-Electrodes. Preliminary Results....Pages 125-130
Synthesis, Characterization, and Ammonia Sensing Properties of Vanadium Pentoxide Nanocrystals....Pages 131-136
Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticle Arrays for SERS Based Sensing....Pages 137-143
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Inkjet Printed Chemical Sensors....Pages 145-149
Synthesis, Characterization and Sensing Applications of Nanotubular TiO 2 -Based Materials....Pages 151-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Detection of a Tumor Marker in Serum by an Electrochemical Assay Coupled to Magnetic Beads....Pages 157-161
Smart Multichannel Flow Sensor with Temperature and Pressure Compensation....Pages 163-167
Field Effect Transistor Sensing Devices Employing Lipid Layers....Pages 169-173
The Measure of Atmospheric Electric Field....Pages 175-179
Single Palladium Nanowire: Morphology and its Correlation with Sensing Mechanism....Pages 181-185
Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes for Alpha Particle Detection....Pages 187-191
Nano-Devices Based on Spin-Transfer Torque Effects....Pages 193-197
Physical and Morphological Characterization of an Innovative System Control for the Accurate Execution of Lung Surgery....Pages 199-202
Plasmonic and Magneto-Plasmonic Nanostructured Materials for Sensors and Biosensors Application....Pages 203-208
Nonlinear MEMS Mechanism for Energy Harvesting from Mechanical Vibrations....Pages 209-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Liquid-Flow Measurements in Silicon Dioxide Channels with Micron-Sized Dimension....Pages 217-221
Fiber Optic Broadband Ultrasonic Probe for Virtual Biopsy: Technological Solutions....Pages 223-227
Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a New Hybrid Resonator for Biosensing Applications....Pages 229-233
Comparison Between Integrated Transmitter Typologies for Monolithic Wireless Smart Sensors....Pages 235-239
Digital Processing of Intracranial Pressure Signal Acquired by Means of a Strain Gauge Sensor....Pages 241-245
Fabrication of Planar Sub-Micron Schottky Diodes for Terahertz Imaging Applications....Pages 247-251
Power Management Systems for Photovoltaic Energy Harvesters....Pages 253-257
A Low Noise 32-Channel CMOS Read-Out Circuit for X-ray Silicon Drift Chamber Detectors....Pages 259-263
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Complexity Management in Manufacturing Microsystems: Remarks on Artificial and Natural Systems Comparison....Pages 265-269
Enhanced Mass Sensitivity of Carbon Nanotube Multilayer Measured by QCM-Based Gas Sensors....Pages 271-277
2D Anemometer Based on Multichannel Single Chip Flow Sensor....Pages 279-283
Electro-Optical Modulating Multistack Device Based on the CMOS-Compatible Technology of Amorphous Silicon....Pages 285-289
Improved SQUID Sensors for Biomagnetic Imaging....Pages 291-295
A Millimetre Size Wireless Temperature Sensor with Digital Conversion and Embedded 2.5 GHz Transmitter and Antenna....Pages 297-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
High Sensitivity Mach–Zehnder Interferometer for Sub-Nanoliter Liquid Sensing....Pages 305-309
One-Dimensional Polyaniline Nanotubes for Enhanced Chemical and Biochemical Sensing....Pages 311-315
Odorant Binding Proteins as Sensing Layers for Novel Gas Biosensors: An Impedance Spectroscopy Characterization....Pages 317-324
Fluorescence Detection of Hydrocarbons in Harbour Water....Pages 325-328
A Research Study and Development of a Hydrogen Sensor for Fuel Cells....Pages 329-333
A New Potentiometric Urea Biosensor Based on Urease Immobilized in Electrosyntesised Poly( O -Phenylenediamine)....Pages 335-338
Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Glucose Oxidase Immobilized in Polyvinyl Alcohol and Applications in Glucose Detection....Pages 339-343
Innovative Integrated-Optic Resonator for Angular Rate Sensing: Design and Experimental Characterization....Pages 345-349
Electrochemical DNA Sensors for the Detection of Benzo[a]pyrene Toxicity....Pages 351-354
Electrochemical Sensing Approach for the Selective Determination of Hg 2+ ....Pages 355-359
An Amperometric Sensor for the Selective Determination of Ortho-Diphenols in Olive Oil....Pages 361-365
Thick-Film Inclinometer Based on Free Convective Motion of an Heating Air Mass....Pages 367-371
Development of an E-Nose Solution for Landfill and Industrial Areas Emission Monitoring: Selection of an Ad-Hoc Sensor Array....Pages 373-377
Artificial Immune Systems: A Novel Approach to Electronic Nose Patterns Classification....Pages 379-382
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Innovative Sensor Techniques for Aircraft Maintenance Applications....Pages 383-386
Stand-Alone System for Inflammation Analysis....Pages 387-391
Luminescent Porous Silicon Nanoparticles as Drug Carrier....Pages 393-396
Range Imaging for Fall Detection and Posture Analysis in Ambient Assisted Living Applications....Pages 397-401
Multiple Minima Hypersurfaces Procedures for Biomimetic Ligands Screening....Pages 403-407
Electrochemically Synthesized Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Sensing Applications....Pages 409-413
Wireless Energy Consumption Monitor....Pages 415-419
Remotely Powered Smart RFID Tag for Food Chain Monitoring....Pages 421-424
Characterization of Nanoparticles in Seawater for Toxicity Assessment Towards Aquatic Organisms....Pages 425-429
Diffuse-Light Absorption Spectroscopy in the VIS and NIR Spectral Ranges for Adulteration Assessment of Extra Virgin Olive Oils....Pages 431-437
Bridge Monitoring by Distributed Strain Measurement Using a Time-Domain Brillouin Sensing System....Pages 439-442
Assessment of Fuel Cell’s Endplate Out of Plane Deformation Using Digital Image Correlation....Pages 443-447
A Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Sensor Applied for Thrombin-Binding Aptamers....Pages 449-453
Application of Epoxy/Carbon Nanotube Composites as Microwave Absorber at Frequencies up to 25 GHz....Pages 455-459
An Infrared Thermal Measuring System for Automotive Applications and Reliability Improvement....Pages 461-465
Fast Multi-Channel Driver for High-Voltage Micromirrors Switches....Pages 467-471
Cross Selectivity Immunoaffinity and Applications for Lactoferrin Immunosensor....Pages 473-477
OPEEs to Investigate the Isothermal Rancidification Process in Olive Oils....Pages 479-483
Ultrasensitive Detection of Non-amplified Genomic DNA....Pages 485-488
Cytotoxicity of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper in Human Lymphocytes....Pages 489-493