ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2023-03-29DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/acc4d9
Alexander Shaver, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás
{"title":"Expanding the Monolayer Scope for Nucleic Acid-Based Electrochemical Sensors Beyond Thiols on Gold: Alkylphosphonic Acids on ITO.","authors":"Alexander Shaver, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/acc4d9","DOIUrl":"10.1149/2754-2726/acc4d9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electrochemical biosensors are a powerful and rapidly evolving molecular monitoring technology. Evidenced by the success of the continuous glucose monitor in managing Type 1 Diabetes, these sensors are capable of precise, accurate measurements in unprocessed biological environments. Nucleic acid-based electrochemical sensors (NBEs) are a specific type of biosensor that employs the target binding and conformational dynamics of nucleic acids for signal transduction. Currently, the vast majority of NBEs are fabricated via self-assembly of alkylthiols on Au electrodes. However, this architecture is limited in scope, as Au electrodes are not universally deployable for all potential NBE applications. Here, to expand the repertoire of materials on which NBEs can be made, we describe the multistep procedure for creating sensing monolayers of alkylphosphonic acids on a conductive oxide surface. Using such monolayers on indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass slides, we couple redox reporter-modified nucleic acids and demonstrate signaling of procaine-binding NBE sensors in buffer and human serum. We investigate the operational stability of these NBE sensors to reveal faster signal loss relative to benchmark thiol-on-gold sensing layers, a result that arises due to poor stability of the underlying ITO. Finally, we discuss future directions to continue expansion of NBE sensor materials and applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":"2 1","pages":"010601"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053865/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10348772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2023-02-22DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/acbe0c
Neal Ma, Sleight Halley, K. Ramaiyan, F. Garzon, L. Tsui
{"title":"Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for Natural Gas Identification with Mixed Potential Electrochemical Sensor Arrays","authors":"Neal Ma, Sleight Halley, K. Ramaiyan, F. Garzon, L. Tsui","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/acbe0c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1149/2754-2726/acbe0c","url":null,"abstract":"Mixed-potential electrochemical sensor arrays consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), La0.87Sr0.13CrO3, Au, and Pt electrodes can detect the leaks from natural gas infrastructure. Algorithms are needed to correctly identify natural gas sources from background natural and anthropogenic sources such as wetlands or agriculture. We report for the first time a comparison of several machine learning methods for mixture identification in the context of natural gas emissions monitoring by mixed potential sensor arrays. Random Forest, Artificial Neural Network, and Nearest Neighbor methods successfully classified air mixtures containing only CH4, two types of natural gas simulants, and CH4+NH3 with >98% identification accuracy. The model complexity of these methods were optimized and the degree of robustness against overfitting was determined. Finally, these methods are benchmarked on both desktop PC and single-board computer hardware to simulate their application in a portable internet-of-things sensor package. The combined results show that the random forest method is the preferred method for mixture identification with its high accuracy (>98%), robustness against overfitting with increasing model complexity, and had less than 10 ms training time and less than 0.1 ms inference time on single-board computer hardware.","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49121417","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}
ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2023-01-13DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/acb2da
Prateek Mehta, Srikanth Namuduri, L. Barbé, Stephanie Lam, Zohreh Faghihmonzavi, Vivek Kamat, S. Finkbeiner, S. Bhansali
{"title":"AI Enabled Ensemble Deep Learning Method for Automated Sensing and Quantification of DNA Damage in Comet Assay","authors":"Prateek Mehta, Srikanth Namuduri, L. Barbé, Stephanie Lam, Zohreh Faghihmonzavi, Vivek Kamat, S. Finkbeiner, S. Bhansali","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/acb2da","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1149/2754-2726/acb2da","url":null,"abstract":"Comet assay is a widely used technique to assess and quantify DNA damage in individual cells. Recently, researchers have applied various deep learning techniques to automate the analysis of comet assay. Image analysis using deep learning allows combining multiple parameters of images and performing computation at a pixel level to provide quantifiable information about the comets. The current deep learning analysis algorithms use a single neural network as a standard method, which relies on many comet images and prone to high variance in predictions. Here, we propose a new ensemble model consisting of a collection of deep learning networks with different configurations and different initial random weights trained on the same dataset to calculate one weighted prediction for DNA damage quantification. To develop this model, we curated a trainable comet assay image dataset consisting of1309 images with 9204 extracted features of cell head and tail length, area, etc With the proposed method we could achieve significantly higher accuracy (R2 = 89.3%, compared to 74% with the standard single neural network as reported in data published by M. D. Zeiler and R Fergus (European conference on computer vision, pp. 818–833 2014). Furthermore, deep regression with the proposed architecture produced much more reliable and accurate results than conventional method.","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48258673","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}
ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2023-01-12DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/acb27a
C. Manjunatha, K. Shwetha, Y. Athreya, S. G. Kumar, M. K. S. Kamath
{"title":"Perspective—Supercapacitor-Powered Flexible Wearable Strain Sensors","authors":"C. Manjunatha, K. Shwetha, Y. Athreya, S. G. Kumar, M. K. S. Kamath","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/acb27a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1149/2754-2726/acb27a","url":null,"abstract":"Currently and also in future, the flexible and wearable strain sensor would be in high demand due to its direct applications in biomedical health monitoring and other engineering applications. The challenge is to make the flexible and wearable sensor to function continuously with no additional wired powered supply system. In line with this, there has been considerable research works towards the integration of supercapacitor into flexible and wearable strain sensors, to make them self-powered and more efficient. This perspective provides more insights on design and fabrication of flexible and wearable strain sensor, working, components, and materials used, integration with supercapacitor, challenges and future scope.","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43513446","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}
ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2023-01-11DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/acb21e
A. Persons, Carver Middleton, Erin Parker, J. Ball, R. Burch V., David Macias, C. L. Simpson, S. Elder
{"title":"Electromechanical Fatigue Properties of Dielectric Elastomer Capacitive Sensors Based on Plantarflexion of the Human Ankle Joint","authors":"A. Persons, Carver Middleton, Erin Parker, J. Ball, R. Burch V., David Macias, C. L. Simpson, S. Elder","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/acb21e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1149/2754-2726/acb21e","url":null,"abstract":"Wearable stretch sensors have potential applications across many fields including medicine and sports, but the accuracy of the data produced by the sensors over repeated uses is largely unknown due to a paucity of high-cycle fatigue (HCF) studies on both the materials comprising the sensors and the signal produced by the sensors. To overcome these limitations, using human physiologically-based parameters, stretch sensors were subjected to quasi-static testing and HCF with simultaneous capture of the signal. The strain produced by the sensor was then compared to the strain produced by testing instrument, and the results suggest that the output from the stretch sensors is strongly correlated with output from the testing instrument under quasi-static conditions; however, this correlation deteriorates under fatigue conditions. Such deterioration may be the result of several factors, including a mismatch between the material response to fatiguing and the signal response to fatiguing. From a materials perspective, the shape of the stress-life curve for the polymers comprising the sensors conforms to the Rabinowitz-Beardmore model of polymer fatigue. Based on these results, consideration of the material properties of a stretch sensor are necessary to determine how accurate the output from the sensor will be for a given application.","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47715777","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}
ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2022-12-22DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/acadee
A. Mansoori, S. Bansal, Munish Vashishath, Shamim Ahmad
{"title":"Flexible Graphite-Based Humidity Sensor Using Green Technology","authors":"A. Mansoori, S. Bansal, Munish Vashishath, Shamim Ahmad","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/acadee","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1149/2754-2726/acadee","url":null,"abstract":"The low-cost graphite based pattern on cellulose paper was investigated in the present work. The graphite pattern used was fabricated by using normal inkjet printer on paper substrate that acted as working substrate as well as sensing material for humidity measurements. The quantitative electrical characterizations were measured by using different saturated salt-solutions producing relative humidity (RH) of 15%–92% at room conditions of 27 °C and 40%RH. The developed humidity sensor shows the sensitivity of 0.57 MΩ/%RH in the whole range of 15%–92%RH with a linearity co-efficient of R2 = 0.968, response (τ res) and recovery (τ rec) time of 294 s and 306 s respectively. The hydrophilic nature of the paper substrate is helpful for sensing, though the fabricated sensor is not so viable in terms of sensitivity, repeatability, and reuse but the method was simple, low-cost, bio-degradable, and use & throw which can be used for flexible and green electronics.","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41766378","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}
ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/acabd4
Abdul Ahad, Mohammad Tahir
{"title":"Perspective—6G and IoT for Intelligent Healthcare: Challenges and Future Research Directions","authors":"Abdul Ahad, Mohammad Tahir","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/acabd4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1149/2754-2726/acabd4","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the rise of connected devices, a decentralised, patient-centred paradigm is being adopted in healthcare as an alternative to the traditional hospital and specialist-focused approach. As the healthcare sector expands, more applications will be connected to the network, producing data of various shapes and sizes that will allow for customised and remote healthcare services. Future intelligent healthcare will include a combination of 6G and the Internet of Things (IoT) that will address current limitations related to cellular coverage, network performance and security issues. This paper discusses and sheds light on prospects, associated challenges and future directions.","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45007496","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}
ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/acabd3
S. Ramírez, F. Díaz, Carlos P. Silva, J. Pavez, J. F. Silva
{"title":"Molecular Anchoring with 4-Mercaptobenzoic Acid and 4-Aminothiophenol for Using Active Nanorods in the Detection of Dopamine","authors":"S. Ramírez, F. Díaz, Carlos P. Silva, J. Pavez, J. F. Silva","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/acabd3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1149/2754-2726/acabd3","url":null,"abstract":"The incorporation and effective anchorage of gold nanorods in a gold (111) substrate is applied to electrochemical systems to detect dopamine. Gold nanorods (AuNRs) were synthesized in dispersion. They were then incorporated in a metal substrate mediated by self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) which act as structural anchors. Two molecular anchors, 4-mercaptobenzoic acid (4-MBA) and 4 aminothiophenol (4-ATP) are compared by means of the charge density (Q) in desorption of the SAMs, where 4-MBA presented a greater coverage on the metal surface. Both SAMs allowed the effective confinement and communication of the nanostructure to a greater or lesser extent. Characterizations were made to confirm the constructed system. First, the nanostructures synthesized in dispersion were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, Transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Second, an electrochemical characterization of the working electrodes include impedance was made. The results focus on the impact of the molecular anchor on the activity of the electrochemical sensor, it was determined. Reducing the charge transfer resistance (by at least 90% with appropriate SAMs) of molecularly anchored gold nanorods increases the sensitivity of the electrochemical sensor (at least 20%), the detection of dopamine was studied by square wave voltammetry through a calibration curve, where better sensitivity and detection limit was obtained with the Au/4-MBA/AuNRs system compared to Au/4-ATP/AuNRs.","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42776634","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}
ECS sensors plusPub Date : 2022-12-07DOI: 10.1149/2754-2726/aca95b
T. Benhaddouch, Sofia K. Pinzon, D. Landi, John Marcial, Prateek Mehta, Karen Romero, T. Rockward, S. Bhansali, D. Dong
{"title":"Review—Micro-Fuel Cell Principal Biosensors for Monitoring Transdermal Volatile Organic Compounds in Humans","authors":"T. Benhaddouch, Sofia K. Pinzon, D. Landi, John Marcial, Prateek Mehta, Karen Romero, T. Rockward, S. Bhansali, D. Dong","doi":"10.1149/2754-2726/aca95b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1149/2754-2726/aca95b","url":null,"abstract":"Knowledge of transduction mechanisms in biosensing applications paves the way for ultrasensitive and dynamic detection in living systems. Real-world biosensing applications where ultra-sensitivity and dynamic detection are paramount include monitoring the anesthetic agent concentration during surgery; the slightest variation in concentration can potentially result in a life-threatening overdose or, on the other end of the spectrum, the patient’s awareness during the procedure. We review the benefits and functions of the transcutaneous biosensor device compared with other current technology and discuss the sensor’s capability to accurately measure volatile anesthetic gas concentration in blood using fuel cell technology. We review fundamental concepts of fuel-cell technology for wearable bio-sensing applications. The fuel cell sensor can also continuously monitor other volatile organic compounds making it versatile with numerous potential applications.","PeriodicalId":72870,"journal":{"name":"ECS sensors plus","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48083128","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}