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Chemosensors, Volume 9, Issue 2

February 2021 - 23 articles

Cover Story: Piezo- and triboelectric nanogenerators (NG) based-on a micro-structured composite of ZnO nanorods (NRs) embedded in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) film were demonstrated here. The concentration of the ZnO NRs, grown through a fast microwave radiation-assisted hydrothermal synthesis, in the PDMS film was optimized to achieve the best performance. A ZnO NRs concentration of 25 wt% in the composite allowed achieving an output voltage of 6 V and a power density of 4.8 µW·cm−2 with a pushing force of only 2.3 N. Even applying a low pushing force, the energy generated by these NGs is enough to power small electronic devices, demonstrating their potential as wearable energy-harvesting devices. View this paper
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Articles (23)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,727 Views
9 Pages

Silica Layer Used in Sensor Fabrication from a Low-Temperature Silane-Free Procedure

  • Pei-Cheng Jiang,
  • Yu-Ting Chow,
  • Chi-Wei Chien,
  • Cheng-Hsun-Tony Chang and
  • Chii-Ruey Lin

Silica (SiO2, silicon dioxide—a dielectric layer commonly used in electronic devices) is widely used in many types of sensors, such as gas, molecular, and biogenic polyamines. To form silica films, core shell or an encapsulated layer, silane has been...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,705 Views
32 Pages

Recent Advances in Perylene Diimide-Based Active Materials in Electrical Mode Gas Sensing

  • Salman Ali,
  • Akhil Gupta,
  • Mahnaz Shafiei and
  • Steven J. Langford

This review provides an update on advances in the area of electrical mode sensors using organic small molecule n-type semiconductors based on perylene. Among small organic molecules, perylene diimides (PDIs) are an important class of materials due to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,246 Views
13 Pages

Optimization of ZnO Nanorods Concentration in a Micro-Structured Polymeric Composite for Nanogenerators

  • Andreia dos Santos,
  • Filipe Sabino,
  • Ana Rovisco,
  • Pedro Barquinha,
  • Hugo Águas,
  • Elvira Fortunato,
  • Rodrigo Martins and
  • Rui Igreja

The growing use of wearable devices has been stimulating research efforts in the development of energy harvesters as more portable and practical energy sources alternatives. The field of piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) and triboelectric nanogene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,318 Views
13 Pages

Technologies for quantifying bitterness are essential for classifying medicines. As previously reported, taste sensors with lipid polymer membranes can respond to bitter hydrochloride substances in pharmaceuticals. However, the acid hydrolysis reacti...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,267 Views
9 Pages

Fast and efficient water quality monitoring is essential in the pursuit of reducing the impact of human activities on the environment. We address this issue by presenting a sensing system and method based on Raman spectroscopy in liquid-filled capill...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,507 Views
13 Pages

In this work, blue emission carbon dots (CDs) are synthesized in the one-pot solvothermal method using naringin as precursor. The CDs are used to develop a ratiometric fluorescence sensor for the sensitive analysis of Al3+ with a detection limit of 1...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,826 Views
12 Pages

Development of an ImmunoFET for Analysis of Tumour Necrosis Factor-α in Artificial Saliva: Application for Heart Failure Monitoring

  • Daiva Vozgirdaite,
  • Hamdi Ben Halima,
  • Francesca G. Bellagambi,
  • Albert Alcacer,
  • Francisio Palacio,
  • Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault,
  • Nadia Zine,
  • Joan Bausells,
  • Abdelhamid Elaissari and
  • Abdelhamid Errachid

Assessing tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels in the human body has become an essential tool to recognize heart failure (HF). In this work, label-free, rapid, easy to use ImmunoFET based on an ion-sensitive field effect transistor (IS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,964 Views
22 Pages

In this proof-of-concept study, a novel nanocomposite of the thiolated polyaniline (tPANI), multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and gold–platinum core-shell nanoparticles (Au@Pt) (tPANI-Au@Pt-MWCNT) was synthesized and utilized to modify a glassy...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,744 Views
10 Pages

A Novel Multi-Ionophore Approach for Potentiometric Analysis of Lanthanide Mixtures

  • Julia Ashina,
  • Vasily Babain,
  • Dmitry Kirsanov and
  • Andrey Legin

This work aims to discuss quantification of rare earth metals in a complex mixture using the novel multi-ionophore approach based on potentiometric sensor arrays. Three compounds previously tested as extracting agents in reprocessing of spent nuclear...

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