Sensors: Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Sensors, Rome 19-21 February, 2014

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Proteotronics: Electronic Devices Based on Proteins....Pages 3-7
Study of the role of particle-particle dipole interaction in dielectrophoretic devices for biomarkers identification....Pages 9-12
Portable, Multispot, Label-Free Immunoassay on a Phantom Perfluorinated Plastic....Pages 13-17
Characterization of Bacilli Spores by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, a Fast and Reliable Technique for Early Warning of Biological Threats....Pages 19-22
Development of a Novel Snom Probe for in Liquid Biological Samples....Pages 23-26
A Point-of-Care Device for Immunosuppressants Monitoring in Transplanted Patients....Pages 27-31
Optical Detection of Surfactants by Means of Reflective Phantom Interface Method....Pages 33-37
Development of an Optical Sensing Strategy Based on Gold Nanoparticles Formation Driven by Polyphenols. Application to Food Samples....Pages 39-46
Deposition and Characterization of Laccase Thin Films Obtained by Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation....Pages 47-51
Optical Characterization of Heavy Metal-Binding Proteins Bioconjugation on Porous Silicon Devices....Pages 53-58
Label-Free Impedimetric Determination of miRNA Using Biotinylated Conducting Polymer Modified Carbon Electrodes....Pages 59-64
Atrazine Determination Using Immunosensor Method Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance. Comparison with Two Other Immunological Methods Based on Screen-Printed and Classical Amperometric Devices....Pages 65-69
Acoustic Aptasensor or Aflatoxin B1 Determination....Pages 71-75
Respirometric Tests on Yeast Cells Located in a Small Satellite System....Pages 77-82
Progress Toward the Development of a Lytic Bacteriophages-Based Impedance Microbiology for Agro-Food Application....Pages 83-87
Virtual Screening Peptide Selection for a Peptide Based Gas Sensors Array....Pages 89-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Optofluidic Jet Waveguide Sensor for Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 97-101
Optical Sensors Based on Nanoporous Materials....Pages 103-107
Modelling of Nanoantenna-Based Optical Sensors for High-Sensitivity High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Chemical Compounds....Pages 109-113
Surface Plasmon Resonance Optical Sensors for Engine Oil Monitoring....Pages 115-118
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Advanced Materials for Electrode Modification in Sensoristic Applications for Trace Analysis....Pages 119-122
Polyaniline Modified Thin-film Array for Sensor Applications....Pages 123-127
Screen Printed Electrode-Flow Stripping Voltammetry for Inorganic Analysis....Pages 129-133
Electroanalytical Applications of Sensors Based on Pyrolized Photoresist Carbon Electrodes....Pages 135-139
Three Different Sensor Methods for Methanol and Ethanol Determination....Pages 141-145
Determination of Caffeine @ Gold Nanoparticles Modified Gold (Au) Electrode: A Preliminary Study....Pages 147-151
Molecularly Imprinted Overoxidized Polypyrrole as Recognition Element in the Electrochemical Detection of Sulfadimethoxine....Pages 153-157
Carbon Black/Gold Nanoparticles Composite for Efficient Amperometric Sensors....Pages 159-163
XPS Investigation of Electrosynthesized Conducting Polymer Nanostructures of Application in Sensors. Preliminary Results....Pages 165-169
Three-dimensional Plasmonic Materials for Chemical Sensor Application....Pages 171-175
Multidimensional Approach to Solanaceae’s Nutritional and Gustative Aspects....Pages 177-182
Whispering Gallery Modes Microresonators for Sensing and Biosensing Applications....Pages 183-186
Development of Sensing Transducers on Compact Disc Substrates....Pages 187-190
Electrical Characterization of Nanostructured Sn-Doped ZnO Gas Sensors....Pages 191-196
Vocs Sensors Based on Polyaniline/Graphene-Nanosheets Bilayer....Pages 197-201
Easy Recovery Method for Graphene-Based Chemi-Resistors....Pages 203-206
Correlation Between Structural and Sensing Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Based Devices....Pages 207-210
NO x Sensors Based on YCoO 3 Perovskite....Pages 211-215
Tinynose, an Auxiliary Smart Gas Sensor for RFID Tag in Vegetables Ripening Monitoring During Refrigerated Cargo Transport....Pages 217-221
Nanowire Technology to Asses the Bacterial Presence in Water and other Food Stuff....Pages 223-227
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Characterization of Artificial Sweeteners Using Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 229-233
Advanced Pattern Recognition Techniques for Fast and Reliable E-nose Response Analysis in NDTs Scenarios....Pages 235-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Synergic Integration of Conjugated Luminescent Polymers and Three-Dimensional Silicon Microstructures for the Effective Synthesis of Photoluminescent Light Source Arrays....Pages 243-247
Amorphous Silicon Photosensors for Food Quality Control Applications....Pages 249-253
Characterisation of Gold Patterns on PDMS Substrates....Pages 255-258
Optimization of a Hybrid Silicon-Polymer Optical Ring Resonator....Pages 259-263
Internally Curved Long Period Gratings for Improved Refractive Index Sensitivity....Pages 265-269
Zinc Oxide Nanowires on Printed Circuit Boards....Pages 271-275
Application of an Integrated Multi‐Sensor Circuit for Tracing Quality and Safety Storage Parameters of Sliced Cheese....Pages 277-284
Sophie: A General Purpose Sub-Picoamps Current Readout Electronics....Pages 285-289
Non-Inverting CCII-based Astable Multivibrator and Its Application as Uncalibrated Wide-Range Capacitive Sensor Interface....Pages 291-295
Above 160 dB Dynamic-Range Gas-Sensor-Grid Front-end Integrated Circuit with 500 °C, 1.5 °C/Pitch Temperature Gradient Synthesis, 20-Channel MUX, and I 2 C Interface....Pages 297-301
A Novel Compact Instrumentation Amplifier for Optimal Interfacing of Thermoelectric Sensors....Pages 303-307
An App Based Air Quality Social Sensing System Built on Open Source Hw/Sw Tools....Pages 309-313
Analysis and Implementation of Distributed Data Processing in a Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring....Pages 315-319
Applying the SWE Framework in Smart Water Utilities Domain....Pages 321-325
Integration of Wireless Sensor Network and Hydrologic/Hydraulic Ontologies for Flooding Forecasting....Pages 327-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Influence of the Contact Metallization on the Characteristics of Resistive Temperature Sensors Based on EPOXY/MWCNT Composites....Pages 333-337
An Integrated Thermal Flow Sensor for Liquids Based on a Novel Technique for Electrical Insulation....Pages 339-343
3D Ultra High Sensitive Superconductive Magnetic Nanosensor....Pages 345-348
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
High Resolution Ultrasonic Images by Miniaturized Fiber-Optic Probe....Pages 349-353
An Experimental Platform for the Analysis of Polydisperse Systems Based on Light Scattering and Image Processing....Pages 355-358
Structural Health Monitoring in the Railway Field by Fiber-Optic Sensors....Pages 359-363
Wireless Telemetric Technique for Resistive Sensors in Biomedical Applications....Pages 365-370
Non-contact Measurement of the Heart Rate by a Image Sensor....Pages 371-375
Portable Low-power System for One-Lead ECG Monitoring and Datalogging....Pages 377-381
Determination of the Minimum Resistor Area for Quasi-Simultaneous Heating and Temperature Sensing with Constant Thermal Resistance....Pages 383-386
Gas Turbine Thermoelements Availability Analysis....Pages 387-391
IR Sensor for Gas Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) Measurement: Experimental Results of a Laboratory Test....Pages 393-396
Simulation of an Ultrasonic Flow Meter for Liquids....Pages 397-402
Portable Wireless Distance Measurement System Powered By Intentional Human Action....Pages 403-407
Nonlinear Snap-Through-Buckling Devices for Energy Harvesting from Vibrations....Pages 409-413
Modular Acquiring System for Lower Limb Rehabilitation Machines....Pages 415-419
RGB-D Sensor-based Platform for Cognitive Rehabilitation in Alzheimer Disease....Pages 421-425
Fall & ADL Detection Methodologies for AAL....Pages 427-431
Semi-active RFID Devices for Traceability....Pages 433-437
Some Notes on the Performance of Regression-based Time Synchronization Algorithms in Low Cost WSNs....Pages 439-443
A Software Sensor for Motorcycle Suspension Stroke....Pages 445-448
The Use of Uncertainty for Improving the Reliability of Classification in Face Based Recognition Algorithms....Pages 449-453