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A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2018) | Viewed by 15612

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Dr. Hubert Keller

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, Institute for Applied Informatics (IAI), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Interests: real time systems; software engineering; machine intelligence; intelligent sensor systems and nets; safe and secure software including process control

Mr. Rolf Seifert

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, Institute for Applied Informatics (IAI), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Interests: gas sensors; mathematical calibration models; calibration and evaluation procedures

Dr. Sina Keller

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Campus South, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (IPF), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
Interests: model based measurement; remote sensing; vulnerability of critical infrastructure

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Dear Colleagues,

There will be a growing need in the future for advanced sensor systems to catch and process information concerning potential hazards, chemical and biochemical processes and situations and for using resources more efficiently. Additionally-important are the design and security of highly interconnected sensor systems.

This Special Issue on “New Technologies, Intelligent Sensors/Analytics, Cross-Linked Sensor Systems and New Application Fields” will include the latest developments and advances in this area. The purpose of this Special Issue is to examine the state-of-the-art of this vast field. The main focus is based on themes, which are used for the development of advanced sensor systems to identify and analyze chemical and biochemical substances in gas, air, water and food, to realize critical situations, and, last but not least, to use resources in an efficient and environmentally- and climate-friendly way.

Dr. Hubert Keller
Mr. Rolf Seifert
Dr. Sina Keller
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Keywords

Micro systems
Chemical sensors
Gas sensors
Calorimetric catalytic type sensors
Chip layout
Control and feedback control systems
Electro chemical phosphate sensor technology
Electro chemical Aptamer sensor
Fluorescent Chemo sensors
Gas analysis
Optical spectroscopy
Acoustical biosensors
Non-invasive micro acoustical on-line sensor

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Miniaturized Single Chip Arrangement of a Wheatstone Bridge Based Calorimetric Gas Sensor

by Navas Illyaskutty, Onur Kansizoglu, Oguzhan Akdag, Binayak Ojha, Jens Knoblauch and Heinz Kohler

Chemosensors 2018, 6(2), 22; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors6020022 - 19 May 2018

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The design and fabrication of a miniaturized calorimetric-type gas sensor in a single chip arrangement is presented. Active and passive thin-film Pt meanders are integrated in a single platform (7 × 7 mm²) together with a temperature sensor and a thin-film microheater at the reverse side. Active meanders are covered by a porous Al₂O₃/2 wt % Pt thick-film layer. The selection of substrate, position of meanders, and active catalysts (especially their concentration) play a crucial role in directing sensor performance. The presented results show that the sensor signal (Wheatstone bridge voltage) is generated by diffusion-limited exothermic reactions which point towards catalytically enhanced combustion reactions mainly inside the active porous layer. By extrapolation of the linear sensitivity curves, the sensitivity limit was estimated to be 4 ppm for propene and to be 18 ppm for CO. In general, the one-chip-sensing concept has high potential to be used as a gas sensor for analysis of combustible gases; however, further optimization of the meander design and the catalyst material as well as investigations of the sensing behavior under varying ambient temperatures are necessary before such applications shall be considered. Full article

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Simultaneous Analysis of Sensor Data for Breath Control in Respiratory Air

by Rolf Seifert, Thorsten Conrad, Jens Peter and Hubert Keller

Chemosensors 2018, 6(2), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors6020015 - 03 Apr 2018

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There is a broad field of applications of breath monitoring in human health care, medical applications and alcohol control. In this report, an innovative mobile sensor system for breath control in respiratory air called AGaMon will be introduced. The sensor system is able to recognize a multitude of different gases like ethanol (which is the leading component of alcoholic drinks), H₂S (which is the leading component for halitosis), H₂ (which is the leading component for dyspepsia and food intolerance), NO (which is the leading component for asthma) or acetone (which is the leading component for diabetes), thus ,covering almost all significant aspects. An innovative calibration and evaluation procedure called SimPlus was developed which is able to evaluate the sensor data simultaneously. That means, SimPlus is able to identify the samples simultaneously; for example, whether the measured sample is ethanol or another substance under consideration. Furthermore, SimPlus is able to determine the concentration of the identified sample. This will be demonstrated in this report for the application of ethanol, H₂, acetone and the binary mixture ethanol-H₂. It has been shown that SimPlus could identify the investigated gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) very well and that the relative analysis errors were smaller than 10% in all considered applications. Full article

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Colorimetric Materials for Fire Gas Detection—A Review

by Katrin Schmitt, Karina R. Tarantik, Carolin Pannek and Jürgen Wöllenstein

Chemosensors 2018, 6(2), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors6020014 - 29 Mar 2018

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The damage caused by outbreaks of fire continues to be enormous despite ongoing improvements in fire detection and fighting. Therefore, the detection of fires at the earliest possible stage is essential. The latest developments in fire detection devices include the addition of carbon monoxide (CO) or temperature sensors into the widespread smoke detectors, but also alternative solutions are searched for. Advantageous is the direct detection of the most relevant fire gases CO and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), because they are produced very early in a developing fire. A sensitive, selective, and low-cost method to detect these gases is the use of colorimetric materials combined with a compact optical readout. In this review, we take account of recent developments in this research field and provide a comprehensive overview on suitable materials for CO and NO₂ detection in fire gas sensing and first steps towards novel fire gas detectors. Full article

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