Sensor Review: Volume 31 Issue 1

Terrorism and military actions pose the ultimate challenge to gas sensing

This paper aims to provide a review of the uses of gas sensors to detect explosives' vapours and chemical warfare agents (CWAs).

Developments in organic lasers and their role in sensing

This paper aims to provide a technical insight into recent developments in organic lasers and their applications to sensing.

Optimization of TiO2 concentration effect for a chemical humidity sensing mechanism

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach to optimize the TiO₂ concentration on a resistive‐type humidity sensing mechanism (RHSM) based on artificial neural network.

Hydrogen detection in organic gas mixtures based on analyzing the transient response

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ability of capillary‐attached gas sensor (CGS) in detecting components of gas mixtures, including a volatile organic gas and hydrogen…

Embedded wireless strain sensors based on printed RFID tag

The purpose of this paper is to develop a wireless strain sensor for measuring large strains. The sensor is based on passive ultra high‐frequency radio frequency identification…

Fabrication of a membrane type double cavity vacuum‐sealed micro sensor for absolute pressure based on front‐side lateral etching technology

The purpose of this paper is to describe the fabrication of a miniaturized membrane type double cavity vacuum‐sealed micro sensor for absolute pressure using front‐side lateral…

Effect of chirality and atomic vacancies on dynamics of nanoresonators based on SWCNT

The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of chiral single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as mass sensors. Analysis of SWCNT with chiralities is performed using an…

A resonant accelerometer based on electrostatic stiffness and its closed‐loop control method

This paper aims to provide detailed information on the dynamic model and closed‐loop control theory for a resonant accelerometer based on electrostatic stiffness, which is…

Theoretical and experimental studies on concave mirror‐based fiber optic displacement sensor

The purpose of this paper is to investigate, theoretically and experimentally, a concave mirror‐based fiber optic displacement sensor performance for three‐axes directional…

Zero drift NDIR gas sensors

Output stability or drift overtime has long been a major performance deficiency for gas sensors irrespective of what technology or methodology is used for their conception…

Hydrogen sensing with nanostructures

The Casimir effect and NEMS sensors

Symbiotic sensors

Research into next generation solar energy harvesting to receive further funding

Perpetuum and Dust Networks demonstrate interoperability of high-power vibration energy harvesting with low-power wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Web sites

Terahertz technology used in unique remote sensing system

Research into flies’ hearing could aid unmanned aerial vehicles

Energy Harvesting Technologies

Solartron develops ultra-low contact force touch probes

Patent abstracts

Diary

Nanosensor update

Nanosensors for organic vapours

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

QinetiQ leads consortium to develop next generation environmental monitoring sensor webs

The gas sensing industry: look at the 1 percent

Structured foam gas sensors

Tiny trace detection at high speed for medical vials

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches two complete packages for the simple, accurate and rapid characterization and microcharacterization of carbon nanomaterials