In this paper, we model the electrical properties of germanium nanowires with a particular focus on physical mechanisms of electrical molecular sensing. We use the Tibercad software to solve the drift-diffusion equations in 3D and we validate the mod...
There is an extensive need for surface sensors for applications such as tactile sensing for robotics, damage and strain detection for structural health monitoring and leak detection for buried structures. One type of surface sensor is electrical impe...
The electrical properties of concrete are gaining their importance for the application in building construction. In this study, graphite powder was added to alkali-activated slag mortar as an electrically conductive filler in order to enhance the mor...
Polypyrrole (PPy) and Polypyrrole/MoS2 (PPy/MoS2) nanocomposites were successfully prepared, characterized and studied for ammonia sensing properties. The as-prepared PPy and PPy/MoS2 nanocomposites were confirmed by FTIR (Fourier transform infrared...
This study examined the electrical and self-sensing capacities of ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) with and without carbon nanotubes (CNTs). For this, the effects of steel fiber content, orientation, and pore water content on...
Flexible electrode materials with tailored electrical and mechanical properties are essential for reliable electrocardiographic (ECG) sensing. In this work, p-toluenesulfonic-acid-doped polypyrrole (PPy–TSA) films were modified using polymeric...
Electrical and electromechanical properties of hybrid graphene nanoplatelet (GNP)/carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced composites were analyzed under two different sonication conditions. The electrical conductivity increases with increasing nanofiller co...
This review article focuses on applying operation state detection and performance optimization techniques in industrial electrical systems. A comprehensive literature review was conducted using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and...
Shape memory alloy (SMA) has great potential to develop light and compact artificial muscle (AM) due to its muscle-like high power-to-weight ratio, flexibility and silent operation properties. In this paper, SMA self-sensing properties are explored a...
Soil salinity is a major threat to the continuity of sustainable agriculture and food provision and the soil structure deterioration. In this context, determining, reducing and managing soil salinity is very important for creating sustainable modern...
Cementitious composites are the most widely used construction materials; however, their poor durability necessitates frequent monitoring and repairs. The emergence of self-sensing composites could reduce the need for costly and time-consuming structu...
In this work, we report for the first time the manufacturing and characterization of smart multifunctional, capsule-based self-healing and self-sensing composites. In detail, neat and nanomodified UF microcapsules were synthesized and incorporated in...
A rapidly expanding global population and a sizeable portion of it that is aging are the main causes of the significant increase in healthcare costs. Healthcare in terms of monitoring systems is undergoing radical changes, making it possible to gauge...
Gas sensing performance characterization systems are essential for the research and development of gas sensing materials and devices. Although existing systems are almost completely automatically operated, the accuracies of gas concentration control...
Although sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) possesses favorable cementitious properties, previous research has primarily focused on improving the mechanical performance of conventional concrete- or cement-based composites. Limited attention has been given...
An impedimetric NOx dosimeter based on the NOx sorption material KMnO4 is proposed. In addition to its application as a low level NOx dosimeter, KMnO4 shows potential as a precious metal free lean NOx trap material (LNT) for NOx storage catalysts (NS...
Graphene can effectively improve the mechanical and electrical properties of cement-based materials due to its excellent tensile strength, thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity. In this paper, the effects of freeze–thaw on the conduc...
This research aims to investigate the modifications of the structural, dielectric, and sensing properties of CaFeO3−δ ceramics produced by solid-state reaction induced by varying sintering temperatures in the range of 1000–1200 °...
Different studies in the literature indicate the effectiveness of CNTs as reinforcing materials in cement–matrix composites due to their high mechanical strength. Nevertheless, their incorporation into cement presents some difficulties due to t...
As China enters the stage of deep coal mining, the accidents caused by roof failure pose increasingly serious threats. Current research on roof failure zones often use single methods, but single geophysical data may result in multisolution issues dur...
Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) is a type of composite material with many superior performances, such as high tensile strength, light weight, corrosion resistance, good fatigue, and creep performance. As a result, CFRP cables have great potent...
Condition monitoring in polymer composites and structures based on continuous carbon fibers show overwhelming advantages over other potentially competitive sensing technologies in long-gauge measurements due to their great electromechanical behavior...
The Mateur aquifer system in Northern Tunisia was examined using data from 19 water boreholes, 69 vertical electrical sounding (VES) stations, and a Sentinel-2 satellite image. Available boreholes and their corresponding logs were compared to define...
Passive electric field sensing can be utilized in a wide variety of application areas, although it has certain limitations. In order to better understand what these limitations are and how countervailing measures to these limitations could be impleme...
Flash flood hazard assessments, mitigation measures, and water harvesting efforts in desert environments are often challenged by data scarcity on the basin scale. The present study, using the Wadi Atfeh catchment as a test site, integrates remote sen...
Snakebite envenoming is often discussed in terms of lethality and limb loss, but local tissue injury and coagulotoxic effects of venom are significantly more common acute manifestations of snakebite envenoming (SBE). Local tissue injury and the hemor...
In the Sangaw region, groundwater is the primary supply of water for drinking, residential purposes, livestock, and summer farming activities. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to delineate groundwater potential zones (GWPZs) in the S...
Water is essential to human civilization and development, yet its quality is increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution, and resource mismanagement. This work introduces an empirical, non-invasive framework for assessing water potability us...
Electromagnetic spectrum sensing is quite important for communication safety in commercial wireless communication, as well as for the equipment paralysis of rivals and self-protection in modern warfare. Specifically, a passive electric field sensor f...
Self-sensing cementitious composites are a combination of conventional materials used in the construction industry along with any type of electrically conductive filler material. Research has already been carried out with various types of conductive...
Rapid and highly sensitive detection of iodine gaseous species is crucial as the first response in case of nuclear accidents and nuclear waste clean-up. A robust and user-friendly sensor-based technology that allows online monitoring is highly desira...
This paper presents a review of the recent trends and the current state of the art in the application of fiber optic fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) sensing technology to condition the monitoring (CM) and testing of practical electric machinery and the as...
The electrical conductivity of carbon fibers can be used to enable the design of intrinsically smart carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs). Resistance and impedance measurements of the structural material itself can then be used to measure physica...
The working condition of power network can significantly influence urban development. Among all the power facilities, electric pylon has an important effect on the normal operation of electricity supply. Therefore, the work status of electric pylons...
Smart spaces are characterized by their ability to capture a holistic picture of their contextual situation. This often includes the detection of the operative states of electrical appliances, which in turn allows for the recognition of user activiti...
Sag is an important indicator of the operational health of a transmission line, and its timely measurement is of great significance to maintain the stability and reliability of power systems. However, traditional contact measurements may be affected...
Cellular heterogeneity is of significance in cell-based assays for life science, biomedicine and clinical diagnostics. Electrical impedance sensing technology has become a powerful tool, allowing for rapid, non-invasive, and label-free acquisition of...
It is important to isolate exosomes (<150 nm) from biofluid for diagnosis or prognosis purposes, followed by sensing of exosomal proteins. In the present work, exosomes are isolated from human serum by immobilizing on a Screen-Printed Electrode (S...
Miniaturized spatial electric field sensors often exhibit insufficient front-end charge coupling because of their limited sensing area. To address this material-level bottleneck, KH550-functionalized graphene composite films were developed as candida...
The present work proposes to locate harmonic frequencies that distort the fundamental voltage and current waves in electrical systems using the compressed sensing (CS) technique. With the compressed sensing algorithm, data compression is revolutioniz...
An odor sensing system with chemosensitive resistors was used to identify the gases generated from overheated cables to prevent fire. Three different electric cables for a distribution cabinet were used. The cables had an insulation layer made of pol...
The intensive industrial development in special economic zones, such as Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor, increases energy consumption, leading to an imbalance of energy supply and a challenge for energy management. Electricity consumption at a l...
Flexible dielectric composite materials capable of converting power frequency electric fields into measurable electrical signals are of great significance in the field of non-contact electric field sensing in power systems. In this paper, graphene/ni...
This study introduces a cutting-edge, aptamer-based, planar electric, double-layer field-effect transistor (FET) system that offers both high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of troponin I (TnI). The proposed sensing platform leverages t...
In this work, Zn2+-doped TiO2:WO3 nanostructured films, with different doping levels, were produced by electrospinning followed by sintering, and tested as potential materials for relative humidity (RH) detection. The materials microstructure was inv...
A defect sensing method based on electrical impedance spectroscopy is proposed to image cracks and reinforcing bars in concrete structures. The method utilizes the frequency-dependent behavior of thin insulating cracks: low-frequency electrical curre...
This is the second of a two-paper series describing a multi-scale modeling approach developed to simulate crack sensing in polymer fibrous composites by exploiting interruption of electrically conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) networks. The approach i...
Food and drinks can be contaminated with pollutants such as lead and strontium, which poses a serious danger to human health. For this reason, a number of effective sensors have been developed for the rapid and highly selective detection of such cont...
The electrical response of conductive textile structures to liquid exposure was investigated as a basis for electrical resistance-based haemorrhage detection. The sensing principle relies on changes in the electrical resistance of the conductive netw...
With the popularization of power electronic equipment, the problem of harmonic pollution has become more and more prominent, posing a serious threat to the safe operation of power systems. In order to improve the stability and efficiency of the power...
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