Sensors 2011, 11(10), 9878-9886; https://doi.org/10.3390/s111009878
Development and Evaluation of a Miniaturized Taste Sensor Chip
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Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Intelligent Sensor Technology, Inc., 5-1-1 Onna, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0032, Japan
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Received: 22 September 2011 / Revised: 17 October 2011 / Accepted: 18 October 2011 / Published: 20 October 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ultra-Small Sensor Systems and Components)
Abstract
A miniaturized taste sensor chip was designed for use in a portable-type taste sensing system. The fabricated sensor chip (40 mm × 26 mm × 2.2 mm) has multiple taste-sensing sites consisting of a poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogel with KCl as the electrolyte layer for stability of the membrane potential and artificial lipid membranes as the taste sensing elements. The sensor responses to the standard taste substances showed high accuracy and good reproducibility, which is comparable with the performance of the sensor probe of the commercialized taste sensing system. Thus, the fabricated taste sensor chip could be used as a key element for the realization of a portable-type taste sensing system. View Full-Text
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Tahara, Y.; Ikeda, A.; Maehara, Y.; Habara, M.; Toko, K. Development and Evaluation of a Miniaturized Taste Sensor Chip. Sensors 2011, 11, 9878-9886.