Engineering Proceedings, Volume 6, Issue 1

Coming from natural and anthropogenic sources, hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S) is a smelly hazardous substance at the sub-ppm level, which can lead to poisoning deaths at higher concentrations. New sensors with high metrological properties (detection limi...

Many gas-phase biosensors have been developed for human volatiles (acetone, methyl mercaptan, trimethylamine, ethanol, isopropanol, etc.) and for residential harmful VOCs (formaldehyde, toluene, nicotine) causing some diseases. A novel gas-imaging sy...

A mass casualty incident may result in tens or hundreds of victims. Triage, being the procedure of classifying victims according to their medical emergency, and the unique identification of victims are equally crucial procedures for effectively manag...

Biogenic amines (BAs), which are produced naturally due to the decomposition of amino acids, are crucial for the food industry because its formation is directly related to improper storage and the presence of bacteria. High concentrations of BAs can...

The real-time monitoring of physiological parameters is essential for point-of-care testing. While nowadays routine tests are done through ex vivo analysis on frequently extracted blood, placing implantable sensors monitoring key blood parameters suc...

This paper describes the development of a biosensor designed for the enzymatic detection of short-chain alcohols. The biorecognition element, alcohol dehydrogenase, was immobilized on self-assembled monolayers deposited on top of silicon nitride micr...

The fast and selective determination of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is of importance not only because of strong interest in this widely applied analyte, but also because of the development of enzymatic biosensors for glucose or other metabolites where t...

We developed a highly sensitive acetone bio-sniffer (gas-phase biosensor) based on an enzyme reductive reaction to monitor breath acetone concentration. The acetone bio-sniffer device was constructed by attaching a flow-cell with nicotinamide adenine...

Morin dye is known as a cheap and readily available selective ‘off → on’ fluorescent sensitiser when immobilised in a phase transfer membrane for the detection of Al3+ ions. Here, a morin derivative, NaMSA, which readily dissolves in water with good...

The trajectory planning for ground mobile robots operating in unknown environments can be a difficult task. In many cases, the sensors used for detecting obstacles only provide information about the immediate surroundings, making it difficult to gene...