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Sensors, Volume 12, Issue 6

June 2012 - 89 articles

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Articles (89)

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
10,909 Views
11 Pages

20 June 2012

A suspension protein microarray was developed using shape-coded poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel microparticles for potential applications in multiplex and high-throughput immunoassays. A simple photopatterning process produced various shapes of...

  • Correction
  • Open Access
5,641 Views
1 Page

20 June 2012

Although the equations’ derivation in our paper published in Sensors 2011 [1] is correct, a typo has been found in the summarizing Equations (48) and (49). The dot on the B in the skew matrix should be removed. [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,648 Views
21 Pages

19 June 2012

We fabricated an electrode chip with a structure coated by an insulation layer that contains dispersed SiO2 adsorbent particles modified by an amino-group on a source-drain electrode. Voltage changes caused by chelate molecule adsorption onto electro...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
10,740 Views
19 Pages

Fiber Optic-Based Refractive Index Sensing at INESC Porto

  • Pedro A. S. Jorge,
  • Susana O. Silva,
  • Carlos Gouveia,
  • Paula Tafulo,
  • Luis Coelho,
  • Paulo Caldas,
  • Diana Viegas,
  • Gaspar Rego,
  • José M. Baptista and
  • José L. Santos
  • + 1 author

18 June 2012

A review of refractive index measurement based on different types of optical fiber sensor configurations and techniques is presented. It addresses the main developments in the area, with particular focus on results obtained at INESC Porto, Portugal....

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,223 Views
15 Pages

Direct Measurement of Mammographic X-Ray Spectra with a Digital CdTe Detection System

  • Leonardo Abbene,
  • Gaetano Gerardi,
  • Fabio Principato,
  • Stefano Del Sordo and
  • Giuseppe Raso

18 June 2012

In this work we present a detection system, based on a CdTe detector and an innovative digital pulse processing (DPP) system, for high-rate X-ray spectroscopy in mammography (1–30 keV). The DPP system performs a height and shape analysis of the detec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
14,869 Views
17 Pages

A Miniature Integrated Multimodal Sensor for Measuring pH, EC and Temperature for Precision Agriculture

  • Masato Futagawa,
  • Taichi Iwasaki,
  • Hiroaki Murata,
  • Makoto Ishida and
  • Kazuaki Sawada

15 June 2012

Making several simultaneous measurements with different kinds of sensors at the same location in a solution is difficult because of crosstalk between the sensors. In addition, because the conditions at different locations in plant beds differ, in sit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
10,623 Views
16 Pages

License Plate Recognition Algorithm for Passenger Cars in Chinese Residential Areas

  • Lisheng Jin,
  • Huacai Xian,
  • Jing Bie,
  • Yuqin Sun,
  • Haijing Hou and
  • Qingning Niu

15 June 2012

This paper presents a solution for the license plate recognition problem in residential community administrations in China. License plate images are pre-processed through gradation, middle value filters and edge detection. In the license plate locali...

  • Review
  • Open Access
71 Citations
12,081 Views
23 Pages

Atomic Force Microscopy as a Tool Applied to Nano/Biosensors

  • Clarice Steffens,
  • Fabio L. Leite,
  • Carolina C. Bueno,
  • Alexandra Manzoli and
  • Paulo Sergio De Paula Herrmann

14 June 2012

This review article discusses and documents the basic concepts and principles of nano/biosensors. More specifically, we comment on the use of Chemical Force Microscopy (CFM) to study various aspects of architectural and chemical design details of spe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
8,364 Views
18 Pages

14 June 2012

This paper addresses the introduction of a new Human Robot Interaction (HRI) sensor for guide robots. Guide robots for geriatric patients or the visually impaired should follow user’s control command, keeping a certain desired distance allowing the u...

  • Review
  • Open Access
127 Citations
18,026 Views
19 Pages

Diagnostic Devices for Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification

  • Chia-Chen Chang,
  • Chien-Cheng Chen,
  • Shih-Chung Wei,
  • Hui-Hsin Lu,
  • Yang-Hung Liang and
  • Chii-Wann Lin

14 June 2012

Since the development of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, genomic information has been retrievable from lesser amounts of DNA than previously possible. PCR-based amplifications require high-precision instruments to perform temperature c...

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