2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589662
Kaustav Roy, Harshvardhan Gupta, Vijayendra Shastri, Ajay Dangi, R. Pratap
{"title":"Fluid Density Sensing Using PMUTs","authors":"Kaustav Roy, Harshvardhan Gupta, Vijayendra Shastri, Ajay Dangi, R. Pratap","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589662","url":null,"abstract":"We present a novel method of monitoring liquid condition by tracking density which may find application in various micro as well as macro systems. It is based on transmission of ultrasound waves through liquids and employs Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (PMUTs) for actuation and reception. The PMUT-Fluid-PMUT (P-F-P) arrangement forms the entire system whose ability can be customized depending on the targeted application. In this article we discuss various aspects of making P-F-P system and experimentally show that P-F-P can be one of the most effective liquid condition monitoring systems in the near future.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116360008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589874
M. Garud, Harshvardhan Gupta, R. Pratap
{"title":"Live Demonstration: Singing Photo Frame","authors":"M. Garud, Harshvardhan Gupta, R. Pratap","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589874","url":null,"abstract":"Audio speakers have become an integral part of our life. They are essential components in mobile phones, music players, televisions, laptops and medical devices like hearing aids. Traditional speakers are voice coil based, and hence quite bulky. With advancements in MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems) technology, though long after MEMS microphones, accelerometers and numerous types of other MEMS sensors and actuators, speakers have joined the race towards miniaturization.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121978985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589687
A. Kuznetsov, E. Kuznetsov, E. Rybachek, K. Puchnin, V. Grudtsov, A. Saurov
{"title":"Development of an Integrated CMOS-Microfluidics for Bioelectronic Nose","authors":"A. Kuznetsov, E. Kuznetsov, E. Rybachek, K. Puchnin, V. Grudtsov, A. Saurov","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589687","url":null,"abstract":"Integration of microfluidic systems within an integrated circuit is a promising approach for developing new generation of bioelectronic noses. In this paper, we present fabrication techniques for a microsystem consisting of an array of ion sensitive field-effect transistors in hydrophilic cell under a hydrophobic membrane. Sacrificial aluminum etching technique was used to form capillary microchannels, and self-assembled monolayers were used for achieving hydrophobic properties of the membrane and hydrophilic properties of the microchannels. The developed microsystem with membrane pore size 4 µm2 was shown to hold liquid, achieving stable air-liquid interface for extraction of molecules from gaseous phase.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117156817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589931
L. Devi, G. K. Reddy, A. N. Rao
{"title":"Live Demonstration on Smart Water Quality Monitoring System Using Wireless Sensor Networks","authors":"L. Devi, G. K. Reddy, A. N. Rao","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589931","url":null,"abstract":"Contamination of water is the major cause for waterborne diseases. In order to detect the water contaminants, electrochemical and optical sensors are needed to measure physical and chemical properties of water quality. So this paper proposed a real-time water quality monitoring system which provides support for decision making in prevention of water contamination. In this system, sensors are connected to a micro controller to process and analyze the data. The analyzed data is then transmitted to remote monitoring center(dashboard) through GPRS module. In dashboard the end user, can register into the portal, can able to select deployment region through google maps if the device is connected in that location, can visualize the selected deployment region sensor readings in realtime, can identify alerts and warnings of sensors. The registered user can also get alerts and warnings through SMS service. The proposed system is successfully tested in different water environments for online monitoring of the water parameters such as turbidity, pH and temperature of water bodies. The results will indicate that the system is capable of good detection accuracy and low deployment operation cost. This kind of implementation is suitable for large scale deployments, which enable the sensor network to provide data to the water authorities.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124067398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589688
Wei Xu, Bin Tang, Guofen Xie, Jie Yang
{"title":"An All-Silicon Double Differential MEMS Accelerometer with Improved Thermal Stability","authors":"Wei Xu, Bin Tang, Guofen Xie, Jie Yang","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589688","url":null,"abstract":"Although MEMS technologies are developing rapidly, MEMS accelerometers still can not compete with macro electro-mechanical accelerometers in the performance of bias temperature stability and long-term bias repeatability. Unlike former reported literatures trying to use innovative package technologies or self-calibration methods to solve this issue, this work was attempting to employ double differential configuration to improve accelerometers' thermal stability. Slanted-beam sandwich structures were chosen to construct a novel double differential scheme, and this scheme is believed to be more suitable for high-precision and high-stable applications. The working principle and Finite Element Modeling (FEM) of our proposed accelerometer were presented. Then, the proposed fabrication processes and major fabrication challenges were also addressed. Preliminary measurement results of the discrete version experimentally demonstrate the significant improvement of the accelerometer's thermal stability.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125907247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589868
D. Ziegler, E. Bekyarova, A. Marchisio, J. Tulliani, K. Naishadham
{"title":"Highly Selective Ozone Sensors Based on Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes","authors":"D. Ziegler, E. Bekyarova, A. Marchisio, J. Tulliani, K. Naishadham","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589868","url":null,"abstract":"Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have several advantages as sensor elements, including large surface area for electrical conductivity, low cost, low-temperature operation and the ability to be functionalized with a variety of polymers for enhanced sensitivity. Using CNTs several researchers have demonstrated laboratory detectors of common environmental gases such as ammonia, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Most of these sensors are based on DC operation and do not offer the sensitivity and selectivity to be useful in ambient sensing of environmental pollutants. In this paper, the design and performance of ozone sensors comprising pristine CNTs functionalized by covalent modification with octadecylamine (ODA) groups is investigated. These CNTs are dispersed and sonicated into an ink formulation spray-coated onto interdigitated electrodes on alumina substrate. The complex AC (1 kHz) impedance of the sensor, measured under ozone exposure between 200 to 500 ppb, reveals impedance change $>50%$ at 75°C and nearly total sensor retractability upon removal of gas exposure. The selectivity is demonstrated by cross-sensitivity determination for various gases such as methane, carbon dioxide, ammonia and water vapor.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126144674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589656
Qikun Wang, Ning Tang, Menglun Zhang, Q. Xue, X. Duan
{"title":"Highly Sensitive Protein Detection Using Conductive Polymer Nanowires Fabricated by Nanoscale Soft Lithography","authors":"Qikun Wang, Ning Tang, Menglun Zhang, Q. Xue, X. Duan","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589656","url":null,"abstract":"Nanowires constructed as biosensors are used for protein detection with high sensitivity recently. However, they still suffer a high fabrication cost and the device repeatability issues. Here, we demonstrate fabrication of conductive polymer nanowires based biosensor by low cost nanoscale soft lithography. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrene-sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) doped with biotin-derivatized poly(L-lysine)-grafted oligo-ethylene glycol (PLL-g-OEG4-Biotin) copolymers were patterned on silicon substrate by PDMS nanomold and further constructed as electrochemical biosensor. As shown from the result, the detection limit of proposed nanoscale biosensor for streptavidin is as low as 1 fg/ml.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124831578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589715
Jens Weppner, B. Bischke, Attila Reiss, R. Duerichen, P. Lukowicz
{"title":"Sensing Room Occupancy Levels with Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Signal Phase and Multiple Antenna Configurations","authors":"Jens Weppner, B. Bischke, Attila Reiss, R. Duerichen, P. Lukowicz","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589715","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a novel machine learning based method for estimating the number of people present in a room (e.g, in a shared office space) based on WiFi signal- to- noise ratio and signal phase data provided by WiFi Channel State Information compatible hardware. We apply random decision forests machine learning and show that the precise number of people can be estimated with a score of 0.66 and the occupancy levels (empty, low, high) with a score of 0.87 at an affordable cost. We evaluate our approach in two settings: one small room with 0–2 and in a medium-sized office space with 0–8 people performing their usual office desk work. Beyond determining maximum recognition rates we systematically investigate the impact of different design choices (antennas, training data) on system performance. The proposed method outperforms a statistical baseline method significantly.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129446071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589786
Yogeswaran Umasankar, M. Mujawar, S. Bhansali
{"title":"Towards Biosensor Enabled Smart Bandages for Wound Monitoring: Approach and Overview","authors":"Yogeswaran Umasankar, M. Mujawar, S. Bhansali","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589786","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents an approach towards integrating enzymatic biosensors to monitor wound healing. Levels of uric acid (UA) a metabolic byproduct of purine degradation in dying cells, is investigated as an indicator of wound healing. The biosensor was fabricated by immobilizing uricase (UOx) natural catalyst for UA as the enzyme and, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) and gold nanoparticles (Au) as electron exchange matrix. UA is oxidized by UOx with the Au nanoparticle and MWNT matrix providing thermodynamically feasible electron transfer pathways leading to the detection of byproduct H2O2, through its reduction on the matrix. This matrix was treated with cold plasma treatment which enabled sintering of Au nanoparticles on MWNTs, without damaging the substrate. This sintering induced densification led to higher conductivity of the matrix. The electrochemical results show that the treatment improved the H2O2 reduction peak potential (Epc) by 27% (from −534 to −392mV) for cold plasma treated matrix compared to untreated matrix. The biosensor has a linear range of 2.9 µM to 0.1 mM of UA with the sensitivity of 0.1 µA µM−1 cm−2 and the lowest detection concentration of 0.9 µM. These results show that this biosensor can be used to monitor UA in physiological concentrations.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129454223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2018 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589685
Xuesong Yang, J. Chiao
{"title":"Integrated pH and Sodium Sensor Array Based on Iridium Oxide Film","authors":"Xuesong Yang, J. Chiao","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589685","url":null,"abstract":"We have developed a sensor array consisting of an iridium oxide (IrOx) electrode for pH measurement, an iridium oxide based ion-selective sensor for sodium detection, and two silver chloride (AgCl) reference electrodes. The planar sensor array was fabricated on a flexible substrate with simple fabrication processes. The iridium oxide sensing film was synthesized by the sol-gel process. The sodium sensor was fabricated by deposition of a sodium-selective membrane on the iridium oxide film. The silver chloride reference electrodes were made by printing. The sensor array was tested in standard pH buffer solutions with or without the existence of sodium. In both scenarios, a promising sensitivity of 61.46 mV/pH in the pH ranges from acid to alkaline at the room temperature was achieved. The potential increases induced by the sodium interference were calibrated by the sodium sensor. The calibrated results show excellent pH responses with minimum interference. The pH and sodium sensor array demonstrates a unique capability to provide accurate pH detection in the environment containing sodium interference.","PeriodicalId":405874,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128350604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}