Sensors and Microsystems: Proceedings of the 17th National Conference, Brescia, Italy, 5-7 February 2013

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Investigation of Seebeck Effect in Metal Oxide Nanowires for Powering Autonomous Microsystems....Pages 3-7
Piezopolymer Interdigital Transducers for a Structural Health Monitoring System....Pages 9-12
Noise and Performance of Magnetic Nanosensor Based on Superconducting Quantum Interference Device....Pages 13-17
Nonintrusive IR Sensor for Real-Time Measurements of Gas Turbine Inlet Temperature....Pages 19-22
Thermally Actuated Microfluidic System for Polymerase Chain Reaction Applications....Pages 23-27
Microfluidic Sensor for Noncontact Detection of Cell Flow in a Microchannel....Pages 29-33
A Comparison Between Fresh and Thermally Aged Polyaniline Prepared by Different Approaches: On the Conductivity Under High Pressure....Pages 35-39
Thermal Sensor for Fire Localization....Pages 41-45
Localization, Recognition, and Classification of a Superficial Seismic Source in an Inhomogeneous Mean....Pages 47-51
Design and Fabrication of a Compact p – v Probe for Acoustic Impedance Measurement....Pages 53-56
Functional Comparison of Acoustic Admittance Measurements with a CMOS-Compatible p–v Microprobe and a Reference One....Pages 57-60
Design and Characterization of a Micro-opto-mechanical Displacement Sensor....Pages 61-65
Multisensor Acoustical Systems: Calibration and Related Problems....Pages 67-70
Automatic System to Measure the Impedance of Piezoelectric Actuators Used in Ultrasonic Scalpels....Pages 71-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Amperometric Determination of Strong Oxidising Species Through Titanium Electrode Systems....Pages 77-81
Oligopeptides-Based Gas Sensing for Food Quality Control....Pages 83-87
Dissolved Oxygen Sensor Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide....Pages 89-93
COST Action TD1105 on New Sensing Technologies for Air-Pollution Control and Environmental Sustainability: Overview in Europe and New Trends....Pages 95-98
A Smart System to Detect Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by Hydrocarbons on Seawater....Pages 99-102
Electrical and Morphological Characterization of TiO 2 Electrospun Nanofibers....Pages 103-107
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
A Handy Method for Reproducible and Stable Measurements of VOC at Trace Level in Air....Pages 109-113
UV Effect on Indium Oxide Resistive Sensors....Pages 115-119
P-Type NiO Thin Films Prepared by Sputtering for Detection of Pollutants....Pages 121-125
Well-Ordered Titania Nanostructures for Gas Sensing....Pages 127-131
A Disposable Ammonia Sensor by Low-Cost Ink-Jet Printing Technology....Pages 133-137
Reproducibility of the Performances of Graphene-Based Gas-Sensitive Chemiresistors....Pages 139-142
Exfoliation of Graphite and Dispersion of Graphene in Solutions of Low-Boiling-Point Solvents for Use in Gas Sensors....Pages 143-147
A High-Resistance Measurement Setup for MOX Sensing Materials Characterization....Pages 149-154
A Portable Gas Sensor System for Air Quality Monitoring....Pages 155-158
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Herbicide Analysis Using a New OPIE. A Case Study: Sunflower Oil....Pages 161-164
Electrochemical Immunoassay for Mucin 1 Detection as a Diagnostic Tool in Ovarian Cancer....Pages 165-168
Monitoring Photocatalytic Treatment of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) in Batch Photoreactor Using a Tyrosinase Biosensor and COD Test....Pages 169-173
Electrochemical Antibody-Aptamer Assay for VEGF Cancer Biomarker Detection....Pages 175-178
Electrochemical Liposome-Based Biosensors for Nucleic Acid Detection....Pages 179-182
On-Chip Diagnosis of Celiac Disease by an Amorphous Silicon Chemiluminescence Detector....Pages 183-187
Development and Characterization of a Novel Antibacterial Material Based on GOx Immobilized in a PVA Film....Pages 189-193
Development of a QCM (Quartz Crystal Microbalance) Biosensor to Detection of Mycotoxins....Pages 195-198
Label-Free Biosensor Based on Copolymer-Functionalized Optical Fiber Long-Period Grating....Pages 199-203
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Chemiluminescence-Based Micro-Total-Analysis System with Amorphous Silicon Photodiodes....Pages 207-211
Optical Spectroscopy for Hogwash Oil Detection in Soybean Chinese Oils....Pages 213-216
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Ultra-compact Optical Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer Based on In-Line Integrated Submicron Silicon Film....Pages 217-221
Polymer Microflow Cytofluorometer....Pages 223-226
On the Design of a Clad-Etched Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor for Magnetic Field Sensing Applications....Pages 227-231
Moisture Measurement System for Brick Kiln....Pages 233-236
Breath Figures onto Optical Fibers for Miniaturized Sensing Probes....Pages 237-240
Sensitivity of Wood-Rayleigh Anomalies in Metallic Nanogratings....Pages 241-244
Sensored Handheld Fiber-Optic Delivery System for Controlled Laser Ablation....Pages 245-249
Differential Pulse-Width Pair Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis Employing Raman Amplification and Optical Pulse Coding....Pages 251-254
Water-Jet Waveguide for Fluorescence Spectroscopy....Pages 255-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Moore’s II Law and Microsystems Manufacturing....Pages 263-266
Development of a Low Cost Planar Micro Thermoelectric Generator....Pages 267-271
Dielectric Layers for MEMS Deposited at Room Temperature by HMDSO-PECVD....Pages 273-276
Label-Free Detection of Specific RNA Sequences by a DNA-Based CMOS BioMEMS....Pages 277-280
Thin Film Device for Background Photocurrent Rejection in Biomolecular Analysis Systems....Pages 281-285
FEM Modeling of Nanostructures for Sensor Application....Pages 287-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Supervised Machine Learning Scheme for Wearable Accelerometer-Based Fall Detector....Pages 295-299
A Compact Architecture for Heartbeat Monitoring....Pages 301-305
MEMS Flow Sensor Based on a Sigma–Delta Modulator Embedded in the Thermal Domain....Pages 307-311
Optimal Parameters Selection for Novel Low-Voltage Vibration Energy Harvesters....Pages 313-316
Wireless Sensor Networks for Distributed Measurements in Process Automation....Pages 317-320
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
An Ultrasonic Human–Computer Interface....Pages 321-324
Power Management Circuit Analysis for an Inductive Energy Harvester....Pages 325-329
Radio Frequency Energy Harvester for Remote Sensor Networks....Pages 331-334
Development of an Attitude and Heading Reference System for Motion Tracking Applications....Pages 335-339
A Novel Method to Size Resistance for Biasing the POSFET Sensors in Common Drain Configuration....Pages 341-346
A Novel Wireless Battery Recharge System for Wearable/Portable Devices....Pages 347-350
Assessment of Performances of Optical Ceramics-Based Device for Monitoring of Electrical Components....Pages 351-355
Characterization of a Novel Ultra-low-Power System on Chip for Biopotential Measurement....Pages 357-360
A Gas Multisensor Platform for Biometric and Environmental Applications....Pages 361-364
A Modified De Sauty Autobalancing Bridge-Based Interface for Wide-Range Capacitive Sensor Applications....Pages 365-369
A New CMOS-Integrated Analog Lock-In Amplifier for Automatic Measurement of Very Small Signals....Pages 371-375
Impact-Enhanced Multi-beam Piezoelectric Converter for Energy Harvesting in Autonomous Sensors....Pages 377-381
A Low-Cost Electronic Interface for Electrochemical and Semiconductor Gas Sensors....Pages 383-386
Modeling Hysteresis Losses in Magnetic Core Inductors for DC–DC Conversion....Pages 387-391
Nonlinear Multi-frequency Converter Array for Energy Harvesting from Broadband Low-Frequency Vibrations....Pages 393-396
A Wireless Sensor Network Architecture for Structural Health Monitoring....Pages 397-400
Characterization of Multi-sensor System for Noninvasive Measurement of Vital Parameters....Pages 401-405
Wireless Sensor Network Based on wM-Bus for Leakage Detection in Gas and Water Pipes....Pages 407-410
Arduino-Based Shield for Resistive Gas Sensor Array Characterization Under UV Light Exposure....Pages 411-415
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from von Karman Vortices....Pages 417-421
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Mobile System for Air Pollution Evaluation....Pages 423-427
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
A Wearable Sweat pH and Body Temperature Sensor Platform for Health, Fitness, and Wellness Applications....Pages 431-434
Influence Quantity Estimation in Face Recognition Digital Processing Algorithms....Pages 435-438
Printed Sensors on Textiles for Biomedical Applications....Pages 439-442
E-Nose as a Potential Quality Assurance Technology for the Detection of Surface Contamination by Aeronautic Fluids....Pages 443-446
IMS Development at NRNU MEPhI....Pages 447-451
Fiber-Optic Flow Sensor for the Measurement of Inspiratory Efforts in Mechanical Neonatal Ventilation....Pages 453-457
Determination of Polyphenols in Bakery Food Matrices with New Detection Methods....Pages 459-462
Electronic Nose and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry for the Philippine Civet Coffee Discrimination....Pages 463-466
Simulation of Chlorine Decay in Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Case Study of Santa Sofia Network (Southern Italy)....Pages 467-470
Use of Kinetic Models for Predicting DBP Formation in Water Supply Systems....Pages 471-474
Development of Electronic-Nose Technologies for Biomedical Applications....Pages 475-478