IR Sensors, Related Materials, and Applications by Nikolaos Argirusis, Achilleas Achilleos, Niyaz Alizadeh, Christos Argirusis, Georgia Sourkouni

“…Nanostructures and nanomaterials exhibiting appropriate electrical and mechanical properties including two-dimensional materials, graphene, quantum dots (QDs), quantum dot in well (DWELL), and colloidal quantum dot (CQD) will significantly enhance the electronic characteristics of infrared photodetectors, transition metal dichalcogenides, and metal oxides, which are garnering heightened interest. The present manuscript gives an overview of IR sensors, their types, materials commonly used in them, and examples of related applications. …”
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Applications of nanodiamonds in medical and sensor fields by Lin JIANG, Chengyong WANG, Yue ZHANG, Ziying GUO

“…This review article offers a comprehensive research perspective on the applications of nanodiamonds in the medical and sensor fields, and presents constructive suggestions for future research directions.…”
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Pyridine Derivatives as Fluorescent Sensors for Cations by Ikram Baba-Ahmed, Zahira Kibou, Julio A. Seijas, Ridha Hassaine, Fatiha Nouali, M. Pilar Vázquez-Tato, Noureddine Choukchou-Braham

“…These toxic heavy metal ions present in environmental water were identified using the fluorescence grating sensor. …”
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Development of a Stress Sensor for Solids by N. N. Trekin, E. N. Kodysh, S. D. Shmakov, A. B. Chaganov, A. V. Cherepanov

“…The paper presents the results of experimental design of a cortex of the embedded stress sensor, which allows to determine stresses in the cross-section of large-scale laboratory monolithic structures made on the basis of mineral and polymer binders (concrete, gypsum, etc.). …”
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ADVANCEMENTS IN SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR AUTONOMOUS WALKER by SEGUÍ VERDÚ, Isabel, DUNAI, Larisa, SAVA, Lilia

“…This study presents a detailed analysis of gait trajectory and orientation using Time of Flight sensors and Inertial Measurement Units during controlled movement tests in a robotic walker. …”
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Fabrication of Patterned Integrated Electrochemical Sensors by Muhammad Mujeeb-U-Rahman, Dvin Adalian, Axel Scherer

“…This choice of fabrication avoids the need of bottom-up techniques that are not compatible with established methods for fabricating electronics (e.g., CMOS) which form the industrial basis of most integrated microsystems. We present the results of applying microfabricated sensors to various measurement problems, with special attention to their use for continuous DNA and glucose sensing. …”
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Thermocouple Sensor Response in Hot Airstream by Jacek Pieniazek

“…Fluid flow and heat transfer equations are solved for a particular sensor geometry. This article presents a method for identifying a temperature sensor model using the results of numerical modeling of the response to temperature changes of the fluid stream, in which the input and output signal waveforms are recorded and then used by the estimator of a model coefficient. …”
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Chip-scale sensor for spectroscopic metrology by Chunhui Yao, Wanlu Zhang, Peng Bao, Jie Ma, Wei Zhuo, Minjia Chen, Zhitian Shi, Jingwen Zhou, Yuxiao Ye, Liang Ming, Ting Yan, Richard Penty, Qixiang Cheng

“…The prevailing view in the community holds that miniaturized spectrometers are most suitable for coarse identification of signature peaks. Here, we present an integrated reconstructive spectrometer that enables near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic metrology, and demonstrate a fully packaged sensor with auxiliary electronics. …”
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A Review of Digital Pixel Sensors by Md Rahatul Islam Udoy, Shamiul Alam, Md Mazharul Islam, Akhilesh Jaiswal, Ahmedullah Aziz

“…Compared to analog pixel sensors, the DPS offers high speed and good image quality. …”
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COMMAND AND CONTROL OF A BIOMIMETIC STRUCTURE USING THE TCS-230 COLOR SENSOR AND APDS-9960 GESTURE SENSOR by Marian IONESCU, Ilie BORCOSI

“…This paper presents a way to use the TCS-230 color sensor in combination with the APDS-9960 gesture sensor. …”
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Modeling and Comparative Study of Speed Sensor and Sensor-less based on TSR-MPPT Method for PMSG-WT Applications by Youcef SAIDI, A Mezoua, إ Miloud, M. A. Benmahdjoub, M. Yahiaoui

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Tactile near-sensor computing systems incorporating hourglass-shaped microstructured capacitive sensors for bio-realistic energy efficiency by Jae-Yeong Cho, Seong Eun Kim, Chang-Jae Beak, Jihwan Lee, Wonjeong Suh, Bo-Yeon Lee, Sin-Hyung Lee

“…Abstract Bio-inspired near-sensor computing, which integrates sensing and processing functions, presents a promising strategy to enhance efficiency and reduce latency in such applications. …”
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Face Recognition in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks by Qiao-min Lin, Jin-wen Yang, Ning Ye, Ru-chuan Wang, Bin Zhang

“…A new wireless sensing network paradigm is presented for face recognition applications. In addition to the flexibility the face recognition system gains by integrating into a wireless sensor network, we take it further by introducing mobility into the network to improve the sensing coverage area and cost efficiency. …”
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Actuator Fault Diagnosis with Robustness to Sensor Distortion by Qinghua Zhang

“…The purpose of this paper is to present a new method for actuator fault diagnosis which is robust to sensor distortion. …”
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A Wireless Strain Sensor for Measurement in Composites by Lukas Bertram, Michael Brink, Walter Lang

“…This paper presents first characterization results of a novel, battery-less sensor for integration into glass fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) materials. …”
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Coverage control strategy for directional sensor networks by LI Jing, WANG Ru-chuan, HUANG Hai-ping, SUN Li-juan, XIAO Fu, JIANG Ling-yun

“…Aimed at disadvantages on most existing coverage control algorithms for directional sensor networks,such as finite orientations,the restrained degree of optimization,the deficient applicability of these algorithms etc.…”
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Coverage control strategy for directional sensor networks by LI Jing, WANG Ru-chuan, HUANG Hai-ping, SUN Li-juan, XIAO Fu, JIANG Ling-yun

“…Aimed at disadvantages on most existing coverage control algorithms for directional sensor networks,such as finite orientations,the restrained degree of optimization,the deficient applicability of these algorithms etc.…”
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Self-Diagnostic Method for Resistive Displacement Sensors by Federico Mazzoli, Davide Alghisi, Vittorio Ferrari

“…Displacement sensors play a key role in the control of dynamic processes. …”
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Key infection and its applications in sensor networks by LIU Zhi-hong1, MA Jian-feng1, PANG Liao-jun1, PEI Qing-qi1

“…Key management has remained a challenging issue in sensor networks due to the constraints of sensor node resources.First,a probabilistic model to analyze the security of key infection was derived.Then a group based key infection to further improve its security performance was proposed.Finally,by combining the key infection with a lightweight key pre-distribution mechanism,a more secure key distribution scheme for sensor networks,Group based Key Infection with Key Pre-distribution,was presented.Analysis results show that proposed scheme presents a viable trade-off between security and resource consumption for smart dust sensor networks.…”
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Nonlinear Gossip Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks by Chao Shi, Yuanshi Zheng, Hongbing Qiu, Junyi Wang

“…We study some nonlinear gossip algorithms for wireless sensor networks. Firstly, two types of nonlinear single gossip algorithms are proposed. …”
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