An Estimate of a Frequency Characterizing the Electrochemical Stability of a Gold Electrode Modified by MHDA Thiol in Different Ways

A theoretical investigation aimed at estimating a characteristic frequency in the medium-low frequency domain in which the impedance response of a given interface measured by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is almost constant, constitutes the basic idea of this work. A theoretical model was subsequently applied to the data resulting from EIS measurements performed on gold electrodes modified by various ways of 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHDA) thiol functionalization. Analysis of these data revealed a direct relationship between the way the substrate was modified and this characteristic frequency. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

New sensors and processing chain

A vital tool for researchers, engineers, and students, New Sensors and Processing Chain focuses on the processing chain to set up in order to extract relevant information on various systems. Highlighting the design of new microsensors and various applications, the authors present recent progress in instrumentation and microsystem design, providing insight to the modification of the sensor itself as well as its environment. Various applications illustrate the presentations, which show how a processing chain is organized from the data acquired by a specific sensor

Design of High Performance Scroll Microcoils for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Nanoliter and Subnanoliter Samples

The electromagnetic properties of scroll microcoils are investigated with finite element modelling (FEM) and the design of experiment (DOE) approach. The design of scroll microcoils was optimized for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of nanoliter and subnanoliter sample volumes. The unusual proximity effect favours optimised scroll microcoils with a large number of turns rolled up in close proximity. Scroll microcoils have many advantages over microsolenoids: such as ease of fabrication and better B1-homogeneity for comparable intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Scroll coils are suitable for broadband multinuclei NMR spectroscopy of subnanoliter sample

3D FEM Simulation study of RF μCOILS For biomedical and environmental applications

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Novel Approach for Modeling an Ionic Imprinted Polymer Based SAW Sensor with COMSOL Multiphysics

Modeling a Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) sensor response as a chemosensor and not only as just an electronic transducer was performed with COMSOL Multiphysics. For this study, the SAW’s sensing area was functionalized with an ionic imprinted polymer (IIP), designed for the selective detection of lead ions. The idea consists in subdividing the IIP into elementary blocks whose physical properties can be modified separately. Three configurations have been envisaged: the IIP before and after lead ions extraction and the non-imprinted polymer (NIP). The generation of shear-horizontal waves on LiTaO3 piezoelectric substrate is confirmed by recording the displacement amplitude versus time, according to the three space directions. The sensors sensitivity is estimated from the delays induced by the incorporation of the lead ions in the IIP layer. To the best of our knowledge, this approach has never been presented in the literature

NMR Implantable Microcoil FEM Based Comparative Study for Numerical Brain Model Application

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Modelling and simulation of SAW delay line sensors with COMSOL Multiphysics

International audienceThis study concerns 2D and 3D Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation of surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors using COMSOL Multiphysics software. SAW device has been designed on piezoelectric substrate; 36° rot lithium tantalate (LiTaO3). Simulations were made on well-known structure to ensure the concordance between 2D and 3D models, and to define a 2D one that can account for and predict the electrical behaviour of SAW transducers for the future optimizations. The results show good agreement between numerical simulation and experimental S21 spectra. Accordingly, we can use the 2D built model for simulations intended to optimize the structure of devices, mainly for increasing their sensitivity

Flexible Antennas for Wearable Technologies

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Enhanced RF Energy Harvester for Power Efficient Internet-of-Things Wireless Sensors

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Flexible Antennas for Wearable Technologies

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