Papers:
Biosensor for heavy metals using hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorod/nanotube and metal-binding peptides
Certain heavy metals can pose potential health risks when consumed by humans due to their high toxicity. Specifically, the heavy metals mercury, lead and cadmium can be released into the environment through industrial use and [...]
Multiplexed immunoassays by flow cytometry for detection of Clenbuterol, Chloramphenicol and sulfadimidine with high sensitivity and selectivity
An accurate, rapid and cost-effective detection on the environmental hazardous chemicals is the cornerstone of efficient food safe management. Hereby we discuss the relevance of an emerging technology, multiplexed competitive immunoassays read by flow cytometry, [...]
Chemical Nano-Sensor Development and Characterization
Nanoscience and nanotechnology, through the exploration and control of the nanomaterials at the nanometer scale, is considered as one of the key research areas for the future growth of US economy. Many sensor devices are [...]
Composite Carbon Nanostructures as Promising Carriers for Gaz Analysis
In the framework of the project ACI NPD-37 “NSC-Env” supported by the French Ministry of Research and New Technologies, a kind of nanostructured carbon based composite materials was developed in order to propose new efficient [...]
Molecular Simulation Studies on Adsorption of Mercuric Chloride
The need to develop technologies capable of achieving high removal efficiencies for mercury chloride emission control led many researchers to focus their attention on the evaluation of the adsorption capacity and selectivity shown by different [...]
Layer by Layer Fabrication of an Amperometric Nanocomposite Biosensor for Sulfite
This paper will present the results of a layer by layer strategy that we have developed for the fabrication of a polypyrrole nanocomposite amperometric biosensor for sulfite. The use of this strategy to fabricate bilayer [...]
Electrochemical ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ for Toxicity Detection in Water
An electrochemical Nano-Bio-Chip for water toxicity detection is presented. Integrating living cells with electronic devices contributes functional information regarding the effect of toxicants on living organisms. Bacteria, which have been genetically engineered to respond to [...]
Investigating the Benefit-Cost of MEMS Application for Structural Health Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure
This paper develops a fuzzy-logic based procedure for quantitative cost and benefit calculation of MEMS application for structural health monitoring of transportation infrastructure. This will be a major step forward for widespread MEMS application in [...]
Wireless Micro and Nano Sensors for Physiological and Environmental Monitoring
A wearable physiological/environmental monitoring system and a practical implementation are presented. The technical requirements for wearable electronics and sensors have been specified with an example of ECG, oxygenometer, and wireless network-based bidirectional communication. A presented [...]
Electrospun TiO2 nanofibers for gas sensing applications
Kim D.Y., Kim I-D, Rothschild A., Tuller H.L., Kim D.Y., Kim I-D, Jo S.M., Korea Institute of Science and Technology, KR
TiO2 fiber mats were deposited onto Al2O3 substrates with interdigitated Pt electrodes by means of electrospinning from a solution of DMF and PVAc synthesized using bulk radical polymerization of titanium propoxide and acetic acid as [...]
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Clean Technology Conference and Trade Show
Published: May 20, 2007
Industry sectors: Energy & Sustainability | Sensors, MEMS, Electronics
Topic: Sensors - Chemical, Physical & Bio
ISBN: 1-4200-6382-0