Sensor Review: Volume 42 Issue 1

Application of negative Poisson’s ratio honeycomb structure in force measurement

Qingguo Wen, Pengju Li, Zhengkai Zhang, Hong Hu

This paper aims to clarify the principle of force measurement using the auxetic structure by studying the relationship among the force, the change of transmittance and the change…

Sensitivity calibration of a three-axis accelerometer under different temperature conditions using the hybrid GA–PSO–BPNN algorithm

Cuicui Du, Deren Kong

Three-axis accelerometers play a vital role in monitoring the vibrations in aircraft machinery, especially in variable flight temperature environments. The sensitivity of a…

Review on the wearable health-care monitoring system with robust motion artifacts reduction techniques

Aarthy Prabakaran, Elizabeth Rufus

Wearables are gaining prominence in the health-care industry and their use is growing. The elderly and other patients can use these wearables to monitor their vitals at home and…

Handling non-stationarity in E-nose design: a review

Vishakha Pareek, Santanu Chaudhury, Sanjay Singh

The electronic nose is an array of chemical or gas sensors and associated with a pattern-recognition framework competent in identifying and classifying odorant or non-odorant and…

Fluorescence quenching-based bodipy-boronic acid linked viologen dual system for potential glucose sensing applications

Seda Demirel Topel, Mustafa İlker Beyaz

The purpose of this study is to develop a non-enzymatic based glucose-sensing platform composed of Bodipy-BBV dual system which can be monitored by a photodetector under the blue…

Cantilever enhanced based photoacoustic detection of SF6 decomposition component SO2 using UV LED

Tunan Chen, Fengxiang Ma, Yue Zhao, Zhenghai Liao, Zongjia Qiu, Guoqiang Zhang

This paper aims to establish a photoacoustic detection system for SO₂ using UV-LED and testify its feasibility for sensitive measurement. The work in this paper can avoid…

Integrated solid-state wearable sweat sensor system for sodium and potassium ion concentration detection

Haowei Zhang, Lili Sun, Chengli Song, Ying Liu, Xueting Xuan, Fei Wang, Jing Zhong, Li Sun

Design, fabricate and evaluate all-solid-state wearable sensor systems that can monitor ion concentrations in human sweat to provide real time health analysis and disease…

Low-cost real-time fiber optic sensor for intrusion detection

Adel Abdallah, Mohamed M. Fouad, Hesham N. Ahmed

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a novel intensity-modulated fiber optic sensor for real-time intrusion detection using a fiber-optic microbend sensor and an optical…

A PZT-based electromechanical impedance method for monitoring the moisture content of wood

Quan Zhai, Jicheng Zhang, Guofeng Du, Yulong Rao, Xiaoyu Liu

At present, piezoelectric impedance technology has been used in the study of wood damage monitoring. However, little effort has been made in the research on the application of…

A temperature-insensitive FBG acceleration sensor with sinusoid-shaped curved beams

Zhongchao Qiu, Ruwang Mu, Yuzi Zhang, Yanan Li, Yuntian Teng, Li Hong

This study aims to solve the problem of temperature cross sensitivity of fiber Bragg grating in structural health monitoring, proposing a novel acceleration sensor based on strain…

Narrowband and wideband EMW path loss in underwater wireless sensor network

Hanisah Mohd Zali, Mohd Khairil Adzhar Mahmood, Idnin Pasya, Miyuki Hirose, Nurulazlina Ramli

Utilization of electromagnetic wave (EMW) sensors in an underwater environment has the potential to increase the data rate compared to acoustic-based sensors because of the…

Sensor cooperative scheduling method for low-altitude maneuvering target tracking in complex environment

Yunpu Zhang, Gongguo Xu, Ganlin Shan

Continuous and stable tracking of the low-altitude maneuvering targets is usually difficult due to terrain occlusion and Doppler blind zone (DBZ). This paper aims to present a…

Design and implementation of the movement gauge for rail clearance based on combination measurement method

Jingbo Xu, Xiaohong Xu, Xiaomeng Cui, Fujun Zhang, Qiaowei Li, Weidong Wang, Yuhang Jiang

As the infrastructure of the railway, the rail could sink or deform to different degrees due to the impact of train operation or the geological changing force for years, which…

Smart knife: technological advances towards smart cutting tools in meat industry automation

Alex Mason, Dmytro Romanov, L. Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Steven Ross, Olga Korostynska

Modern meat processing requires automation and robotisation to remain sustainable and adapt to future challenges, including those brought by global infection events. Automation of…

A review: electrical and gas sensing properties of polyaniline/ferrite nanocomposites

Thejas Ramakrishnaiah, Prasanna Gunderi Dhananjaya, Chaturmukha Vakwadi Sainagesh, Sathish Reddy, Swaroop Kumaraswamy, Naveen Chikkahanumajja Surendranatha

This paper aims to study the various developments taking place in the field of gas sensors made from polyaniline (PANI) nanocomposites, which leads to the development of…