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Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2022) | Viewed by 6513

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Prof. Dr. Nunzio Cennamo

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Department of Engineering, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, Italy
Interests: optical sensors; biosensors and chemical sensors; optical fiber sensors and optoelectronic devices
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is in cooperation with the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences, organized by Applied Sciences from 15 to 31 October 2021 on the MDPI Sciforum platform (https://sciforum.net/event/ASEC2021). We welcome submissions from participants of the conference.

Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in a Special Issue of Applied Sciences and undergo full peer review (ISSN 2076-3417) with a 10% discount on the article processing charge. The following areas are covered:

  • Optics and lasers;
  • Chemistry;
  • Applied biosciences and bioengineering;
  • Environmental and sustainable science and technology;
  • Applied physics;
  • Computing and artificial intelligence;
  • Applied dentistry;
  • Foods science and technology;
  • Mechanical engineering.

The following criteria should be met for submitted manuscripts:

  • Title and Abstract should be substantially different from that of the conference paper to be differentiated in various databases;
  • A total of at least 50% of new data should be added to make it a real and complete journal paper;
  • The conference proceeding should be mentioned and discussed in the Introduction section;
  • The conference paper link should be provided in the cover letter.

We look forward to your excellent work.

Prof. Dr. Nunzio Cennamo
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Robustness for the Starting Point of Two Iterative Methods for Fitting Debye or Cole–Cole Models to a Dielectric Permittivity Spectrum
by Roberto Dima, Giovanni Buonanno, Sandra Costanzo and Raffaele Solimene
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(11), 5698; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115698 - 3 Jun 2022
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Curve-fitting means the determination of the set of parameters that best fit the input data set as expressed by a given function that is usually non-linear. The paper addresses the curve fitting of Debye and Cole–Cole models to a dielectric permittivity spectrum. The [...] Read more.
Curve-fitting means the determination of the set of parameters that best fit the input data set as expressed by a given function that is usually non-linear. The paper addresses the curve fitting of Debye and Cole–Cole models to a dielectric permittivity spectrum. The success of a nonlinear curve fit heavily depends on the choice of the algorithm and how close the starting point is to the solution. For these reasons, two different algorithms, the Levenberg–Marquardt and the Variable Projection algorithms, were used for constrained optimization and compared, with particular reference to robustness with respect to the choice of the starting point of the reconstruction procedure. The dielectric spectrum of blood plasma with different glucose concentrations is taken as reference data and a Monte Carlo analysis was conducted to evaluate accuracy and precision in the two methods provided as the distance of the initial parameters from the true value’s changes. In general, both algorithms with constraints on the parameters provide good results for practical situations, although the Variable Projection Algorithm has a greater computational burden for large data sets. Full article
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A Review of Apta-POF-Sensors: The Successful Coupling between Aptamers and Plastic Optical Fibers for Biosensing Applications
by Laura Pasquardini, Nunzio Cennamo, Francesco Arcadio and Luigi Zeni
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(9), 4584; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094584 - 30 Apr 2022
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Aptamers represent the next frontier as biorecognition elements in biosensors thanks to a smaller size and lower molecular weight with respect to antibodies, more structural flexibility with the possibility to be regenerated, reduced batch-to-batch variation, and a potentially lower cost. Their high specificity [...] Read more.
Aptamers represent the next frontier as biorecognition elements in biosensors thanks to a smaller size and lower molecular weight with respect to antibodies, more structural flexibility with the possibility to be regenerated, reduced batch-to-batch variation, and a potentially lower cost. Their high specificity and small size are particularly interesting for their application in optical biosensors since the perturbation of the evanescent field are low. Apart from the conventional plasmonic optical sensors, platforms based on silica and plastic optical fibers represent an interesting class of devices for point-of-care testing (POCT) in different applications. The first example of the coupling between aptamers and silica optical fibers was reported by Pollet in 2009 for the detection of IgE molecules. Six years later, the first example was published using a plastic optical fiber (POF) for the detection of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF). The excellent flexibility, great numerical aperture, and the large diameter make POFs extremely promising to be coupled to aptamers for the development of a sensitive platform easily integrable in portable, small-size, and simple devices. Starting from silica fiber-based surface plasmon resonance devices, here, a focus on significant biological applications based on aptamers, combined with plasmonic-POF probes, is reported. Full article
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