A reference electrode fabricated by means of thick-film technique is deposited onto a silicon substrate and combined with a thin-film pH sensor to a “hybrid” chip system. To evaluate the suitability of this combination, first investigations were carr...
Various planar technologies are employed for developing solid-state sensorshaving low cost, small size and high reproducibility; thin- and thick-film technologies aremost suitable for such productions. Screen-printing is especially suitable due to it...
The ionophore 1,4,7,10,13-penta(n-octyl)-1,4,7,10,13-pentaazacyclopentadecane(L1) was used for the development of miniaturised perchlorate-selective electrodes in thick-film technology. Different PVC membranes containing L1 and the plasticizers o-nit...
A thick-film electrochemical sensor with an iridium-carbon working electrode was used for determining polyphenols and their antioxidant capacity in white wine. Caffeic acid was used as a model species because it has the ability to produce the highest...
In this paper, we report on the development of a highly sensitive and humidity-tolerant metal-oxide-based volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor, capable of rapidly detecting low concentrations of VOCs. For this, we successfully fabricated two differ...
A three-electrode based CO2 sensor was fabricated using thick-film technology. The performance of this sensor was further enhanced by incorporating platinum nanoparticles onto the working electrode surface. An eight-fold increase in the signal output...
Lithium-ion batteries have led the revolution in portable electronic devices and electrical vehicles due to their high gravimetric energy density. In particular, layered cathode material Li(Ni0.6Mn0.2Co0.2)O2 (NMC 622) can deliver high specific capac...
This paper is focused on a new copper-nickel thick film resistive paste which was designed and experimentally developed for the realization of low-ohmic power resistors. This copper-nickel paste has been designed for use in combination with thick pri...
The preparation of solid electrolyte ceramic membranes is the object of intense study for its fundamental parts in the development of all solid-state batteries and improved battery separators. In this work, the procurement of large area solid electro...
An electronic tongue for the qualitative analysis of aqueous solutions of salts hasbeen developed. The following set of electrodes was used: RuO2, Ag, and Cu in thick-filmtechnology and Au, Pb, Zn and Ni as small bars of the corresponding metal. The...
Miniaturization and integration of chemical devices into modules that aredimensionally comparable with electronic chips (Lab on Chip) is nowadays developingworldwide. The aim of our work was to suggest and optimize the best conditions forfabrication...
Different types of Ag/AgCl reference electrodes have been realised by means of thin- and thick-film technique. For inner electrolyte, KCl-containing membranes have been deposited and different coatings have been used to protect the reference electrod...
Micro-electromechanical systems comprising antiferroelectric layers can offer both actuation and transduction to integrated technologies. Micro-cantilevers based on the (Pb0.97La0.02)(Zr0.95Ti0.05)O3 (PLZT) antiferroelectric thick film are fabricated...
Microstructural, topology, inner morphology, and gas-sensitivity of mixed xWO3(1-x)Y2O3 nanoparticles (x = 1, 0.95, 0.9, 0.85, 0.8) thick-film semiconductor gas sensors were studied. The surface topography and inner morphological properties of the mi...
There is currently a large demand for aluminum components to measure the mechanical and thermal loads to which they are subjected. With structural health monitoring, components in planes, vehicles, or bridges can monitor critical loads and potentiall...
Zeolites are promising materials in the field of gas sensors. In this technology-oriented paper, a planar setup for potentiometric hydrocarbon and hydrogen gas sensors using zeolites as ionic sodium conductors is presented, in which the Pt-loaded Na-...
The electrochemical performance of lithium-ion batteries is directly influenced by type of active material as well as its morphology. In order to evaluate the impact of particle morphology in thick-film electrodes, Li(Ni0.6Mn0.2Co0.2)O2 (NMC 622) cat...
The design, simulation, realization, and measurement of an ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna on a polymeric substrate have been realized. The UWB antenna was prepared using conventional technology, such as copper etching; inkjet printing, which is regarde...
Approximately 25 μm Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) thick film was synthesized based on a sol-gel/composite route. The obtained PMN-PT thick film was successfully transferred from the Silicon substrate to the conductive silver epoxy using a...
The atmospheric pressure solvothermal (APS) synthesis of nanocrystalline SnO2 (average size of coherent scattering regions (CSR)—7.5 ± 0.6 nm) using tin acetylacetonate as a precursor was studied. The resulting nanopowder was used as a f...
The Na0.5Co0.9Cu0.1O2 thick film with the same thermoelectric performance as a Na0.5CoO2 bulk was formed on an alumina substrate by the screen-printing process. The power factor exceeded 0.3 mW/K2m, with the resistivity of 3.8 mΩcm and the ther...
ZnO nanoparticles were produced by flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) using zincnaphthenate as a precursor dissolved in toluene/acetonitrile (80/20 vol%). The particleproperties were analyzed by XRD, BET, and HR-TEM. The sensing films were produced bymixing...
Tantalum (Ta)/Ti/TiN/Ti/diamond-like carbon (DLC) (referred to as TTTD film) and Ta/Ti/TiN/TiCuN/Ti/DLC (referred to as ultra-thick film) films were designed in this study, and the factors affecting the friction and wear properties of DLC films in so...
Multi-electrode arrays find application in electrophysiological recordings. The quality of the captured signals depends on the interfacial contact between electrogenic cells and the electronic system. Therefore, it requires reliable low-impedance ele...
A ceramic thick film humidity sensor, produced from MnZn ferrite, is presented. The proposed sensing mechanism is a combination of proton hopping, hydronium diffusion, and vacancy donor traps releasing electrons into the conduction band. The sensor s...
Enhancing the performance of a chemo-resistive gas sensor is often challenging due to environmental humidity influencing its sensitivity and baseline resistance. One of the most promising ways of overcoming this challenge is through ultraviolet (UV)...
Piezoelectric thick films are of real interest for devices such as ceramic Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) because they bridge the gap between thin films and bulk ceramics. The basic design of MEMS includes electrodes, a functional material, a...
This paper proposes a novel way of preparing a PZT thick film micro vibrator using the electrohydrodynamic jet (E-Jet) printing technique. Initially, a micro piezoelectric vibrator was simulated and designed for obtaining optimized structure, which h...
This work aims at a broad overview of the results obtained with metal-sulfide materials in the field of chemoresistive gas sensing. Indeed, despite the well-known electrical, optical, structural and morphological features previously described in the...
In this study, SnO2-Pd nanoparticles(NPs) were made with an in situ synthesis-loading method. The in situ method is to simultaneously load a catalytic element during the procedure to synthesize SnO2 NPs. SnO2-Pd NPs were synthesized by using the in s...
A lead-free 0.94(Na0.5Bi0.5) TiO3-0.06 BaTiO3 (BNT-BT) thick film, with a thickness of 60 μm, has been fabricated using a tape-casting method. The longitudinal piezoelectric constant, clamped dielectric permittivity constant, remnant polarization...
A potentiometric sensor device based on screen-printed Nasicon films was investigated. In order to transfer the promising sensor concept of an open sodium titanate reference to thick film technology, “sodium-rich” and “sodium-poor” formulations were...
A high aluminum (Al) content β-(AlxGa1−x)2O3 film was synthesized on c-plane sapphire substrate using the gallium (Ga) diffusion method. The obtained β-(AlxGa1−x)2O3 film had an average thickness of 750 nm and a surface roughnes...
Low temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC) provide a technology for the 3-dimensional integration of sensor arrays into bioreactors covering dimensions of several hundred micrometers. Since optical control in such assemblies is not possible, the in situ...
The all-inorganic perovskite cesium lead bromine (CsPbBr3) has attracted much attention in the field of X-ray detectors because of its high X-ray absorption coefficient, high carrier collection efficiency, and easy solution preparation. The low-cost...
We developed a 2.2 µm backside-illuminated (BSI) global shutter (GS) pixel featuring true charge-domain-correlated double sampling (CDS). To enhance the inverse parasitic light sensitivity (1/PLS), we implemented a thick-film epitaxial process incorp...
To meet the application requirements of a thermal gas sensor, it is necessary to realize a bond connection between PtW8 wire with a Au thick film. However, the physical properties, such as the melting point and hardness, of the two materials differ g...
This paper presents a ceramic stress sensor with the dimension of a coin, able to measure the compressive force (stress) applied to its two round faces. The sensor is designed and engineered to be embedded inside concrete or masonry structures, like...
A method of wet chemical synthesis suitable for high throughput and combinatorial applications has been developed for the synthesis of porous resistive thick-film gas sensors. This method is based on the robot-controlled application of unstable metal...
This paper deals with the design and development of a silver–polyester thick film sensor and associated system for the wear-out detection of single-point cutting tools for low-duty cycle machining operations. Conventional means of wear-out dete...
In the present work, we investigated the acetone sensing characteristics and mechanism of SnO2 thick-films through experiments and DFT calculations. SnO2 thick film annealed at 600 °C could sensitively detect acetone vapors. At the optimum operat...
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have gained increasing attention. Among the various directions in OSCs, all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have emerged as a highly promising and currently active research area due to their excellent film formation properti...
Multilayered polymer films with biomimicking, layered structures have unique microstructures and many potential applications. However, a major limitation of polymer films is the deterioration of mechanical properties in working environments. To facil...
The grease film thickness was measured in fully flooded elastohydrodynamic lubrication, and the influence of rolling speed, load, consistency, base oil type and thickener type on grease film thickness was analyzed. A new calculation model for grease...
In industrial applications, a starved lubrication condition may occur, leading to a reduction in film thickness; by modifying the surface geometry, the tribological performance of the contact is enhanced. In this paper, the influence of surface textu...
This paper is focused on the study of internal stress in thick films used in hybrid microelectronics. Internal stress in thick films arises after firing and during cooling due to the differing coefficients of thermal expansion in fired film and ceram...
Transparent films are significant industrial components that are widely used in modern optics, microelectronics, optical engineering, and other related fields. There is an urgent need for the fast and stable thickness measurement of industrial films...
The selective detection of different gas components will remain of huge importance in the future, either in the ambient air or in flue gases, e.g., for controlling purposes of combustion processes. The focus here is on the development of a highly sel...
Owing to the fact that ultrathin platinum films have many practical applications, the information concerning the initial stage of the formation of these films raises considerable interest. The effect of the film thickness on the morphology, as well a...
Falling film evaporation processes involve high fluid velocities with continuous variations in local film thickness, fluid composition, and viscosity. This contribution presents a parallel and complementary film thickness and concentration mapping di...
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