Sensors and Microsystems: Proceedings of the 4th Italian Conference Roma, Italy 3-5 February 1999

by Natale, C. Di; D'Amico, Arnaldo; Davide, F.

• ISBN13: 9789810241995
• ISBN10: 9810241992
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of the 4th Italian Conference held February 3-5, 1999, Roma, Italy.

Table of Contents

Plenary Talks	1	(42)
Fuzzy and intermingling: modeling mind dynamics	3	(9)
F. Orsucci
The imagery effect on memorizing verbal information: an experimental approach	12	(7)
A. Colosimo
M. Fioravanti
Modelling nonlinear systems with cellular automata	19	(5)
R. Serra
Recent trends on gas sensors based on semiconducting thin films	24	(8)
C. Baratto
E. Comini
G. Faglia
R. Nelli
M. Pardo
G. Sherveglieri
From instruments to intelligent systems	32	(11)
C. Bartoletti
F. Muzi
G. Sacerdoti
D. D'Amico
Biosensors and Bioelectronics	43	(56)
DNA electrochemical biosensor for the detection of mutagenic pollutants	45	(6)
G. Marrazza
I. Chianella
M. Mascini
Electrode probes for the rapid assay of seafood toxins	51	(6)
D. Moscone
L. Micheli
S. Marini
S. Di Stefano
G. Palleschi
Electron transfer from glucose oxidase to electrode surface via electron relays, bound covalently to the enzyme	57	(6)
L. Del Signore
R. Paolesse
G. Palleschi
A. Curulli
Immunodetection of the Maillard reaction in food	63	(6)
M. Pallini
D. Compagnone
S. Marini
G. Palleschi
Development of superoxide dismutase biosensors and their use in the determination of radical scavengers	69	(6)
L. Campanella
G. Favero
L. Persi
M. Tomassetti
New biosensors working in organic solvents	75	(11)
L. Campanella
G. Favero
M.P. Sammartino
M. Tomassetti
A bioelectronic system based on microelectrode arrays coupled to brain slices for electrophysiological measurements	86	(7)
M. Balestrino
M. Bove
Y. Dupont
M. Grattarola
M. Koudelka-Hep
H. Jahnsen
S. Martinoia
P. Thiebaud
J. Zimmer
A microvision based electrorotation measurement system to characterize dielectric properties of living cells	93	(6)
G. De Gasperis
Chemical Sensors Based on Inorganic Materials	99	(80)
Carbon monoxide electrochemical planar sensor for indoor applications	101	(4)
C.M. Mari
R. Ruffo
M. Prudenziati
B. Morten
In2O3 sensors for environmental applications	105	(6)
G. Faglia
B. Allieri
E. Comini
L.E. Depero
P. Nelli
L. Sangaletti
G. Sberveglieri
Gas sensing properties of nano-sized MoO3 thin films	111	(6)
E. Comini
G. Faglia
G. Sberveglieri
C. Cantalini
M. Passacantando
S. Santucci
Y. Li
W. Wlodarski
W. Qu
Structural optical and electrical characterisation of nanostructed titania thick films	117	(5)
N. Bonini
M.C. Carotta
A. Chiorino
M. Ferroni
M. Gallana
V. Guidi
C. Malagu
G. Martinelli
O. Richard
M. Sacerdoti
D. Van Dyck
J. Van Landuyt
An applicatin of gas sensors to high-energy physics	122	(9)
V. Guidi
G. Faglia
M. Ferroni
F. Petrucci
G. Sberveglieri
Preparation and characterization of SnO2 and MoOx-SnO2 nano-sized powders for thick film gas sensors: surface chemistry and electrical response to NO2	131	(12)
A. Chiorino
G. Ghiotti
F. Prinetto
M.C. Carotta
M. Gallana
G. Martinelli
Low level NO2 detection by means of a silicon integrated tin oxide sensor	143	(5)
M. Mazzer
R. Rella
P. Siciliano
S. Capone
C. Cobianu
C. Savianu
A. Arnautu
R. Iorgulescu
D. Dascalu
Surface analysis of metal/SnO2 and SnO2/metal structures for gas sensors	148	(6)
S. Kaciulis
G. Mattogno
L. Pandolfi
G. Scavia
A. Galdikas
A. Setkus
E. Bemporad
Porous silicon organic and pollutant gas sensor	154	(6)
C. Baratto
E. Comini
G. Faglia
G. Sberveglieri
V. La Ferrara
G. Di Francia
L. Lancellotti
L. Quercia
R. Carpentiero
F. Bellucci
L. Boarino
G. Lerondel
G. Amato
M. Rossi
Reversible and irreversible effects of gas environments on porous silicon photoluminescence	160	(5)
G. Di Francia
T. Fasolino
L. Quercia
G. Iadonisi
V. La Ferrara
L. Lancellotti
D. Ninno
The perturbative approach applied to the characterization of TiO2 films for SAW sensor applications	165	(6)
C. Caliendo
Non-invasive specific chemical sensors and their applications	171	(8)
E. Scarano
E. Bottari
M.R. Festa
L. Lioce
M. Mantarro
F. Spinelli
A. D'Amico
C. Di Natale
E. Mazzone
G. E. Pellegrini
Chemical Sensors Based on Organic Materials	179	(60)
Structural properties of mixed ultrathin organic films investigated by scanning probe microscopy	181	(5)
M.T. Parodi
W. Rocchia
A. Chiabrera
E. Di Zitti
D. Ricci
Study of the physical properties of Langmuir-Blodgett films of pyrrolic macrocycles	186	(5)
R. Paolesse
C. Di Natale
A. Macagnano
A. D'Amico
C. Goletti
A. Sgarlata
R. Paradiso
M. Cocco
Polyvinyl-alcohol film coated relative humidity sensor based on dual resonator SAW oscillator	191	(5)
M. Penza
G. Cassano
Porphyrin dimer Langmuir-Blodgett films for gas sensing applications	196	(6)
D.P. Arnold
A. Genga
D. Manno
A. Serra
L. Valli
Preparation of porhyrin-C60 and phtalocyanine-C60 dyads	202	(5)
L. Leo
G. Mele
G. Rosso
G. Stasi
L. Valli
G. Vasapollo
A new indicator dye covalently bound on controlled pore glasses as optical transducer for Hg(II)	207	(6)
A. Flamini
F. Baldini
A. Falai
A tripodal ligand incorporating the dansyl group	213	(9)
F. Bolletta
M.C. Fiorini
M. Montalti
L. Prodi
N. Zaccheroni
Sensing of anionic analytes based on the metal-ligand interaction	222	(6)
L. Fabbrizzi
M. Licchelli
G. Rabaioli
A. Taglietti
Novel Di- and polynuclear Pd(II) and Pt(II) biphosphine complexes with (poly)ethynylthiophene bridges: sensitive membranes for the detection of humidity and alcohols	228	(6)
M.V. Russo
A. Furlani
I. Fratoddi
P. Altamura
C. Lo Sterzo
A. Bearzotti
Quartz microbalances in solution: study of the influence of the electrical and mechanical properties of the liquid	234	(5)
E. Bianchi
C. Di Natale
E. Galassi
R. Paolesse
A. D'Amico
L. Piras
R. Paradiso
M. Cocco
ChemFET	239	(14)
An ISFET based chemical sensor for the food industry	241	(6)
M. Corra
G.U. Pignatel
P. Conci
B. Margesin
M. Zen
A. Maglione
An ISFET based microsystem for pH measurements	247	(6)
P. Conci
L. Ravezzi
G. Soncini
Arrays of Non-Selective Sensors	253	(36)
Application of an electronic nose to the quality analysis of tobacco varieties	255	(5)
C. Di Natale
A. Macagnano
R. Paolesse
A. Mantini
A. D'Amico
M. Ricciardi
M.R. Marotta
Detection of vapours by a sol-gel sensors array	260	(5)
F. Quaranta
R. Rella
P. Siciliano
S. Capone
M. Epifani
L. Vasanelli
A. Distante
F. Filograna
Comparison between MOS and CP-based electronic noses in the discrimination of extra virgin olive oils	265	(5)
M.S. Gardini
M. Allai
E. Dalcanale
F. Di Francesco
G. Pioggia
A systematic way of extracting features from the dynamic response of a sensor array	270	(6)
M. Pardo
E. Comini
G. Faglia
G. Sberveglieri
Testing the resolving power of an electronic nose by discriminating various types of cheeses	276	(6)
M. Pardo
G. Niederjaufner
E. Comini
G. Faglia
G. Sberveglieri
Development of an electronic tongue based on potentiometric sensors	282	(7)
E. Mazzone
C. Di Natale
A. Mantini
A. D'Amico
A. Legin
A. Rudnitskaya
Yu. Vlasov
Infrared, Optical and Radiation Sensors	289	(38)
Absorption spectroscopy in the ultraviolet and visible range of hexavalent chromium aqueous solutions	291	(4)
A.G. Mignani
L. Spadoni
Amorphous silicon infrared photodetector working at room temperature	295	(6)
D. Caputo
G. De Cesare
A. Nascetti
F. Palma
A. Ragni
Thin-film photodetectors for the ultraviolent and vaccum-ultraviolet spectral range	301	(5)
G. De Cesare
F. Irrera
M. Mazzetta
P. Nicolosi
Silicon micro-optical antenna for EMC measurements	306	(5)
G. Cocorullo
F.G. Della Corte
M. Iodice
R. Massa
G. Panariello
I. Rendina
A computational algorithm for the pyroelectric sensor response to arbitrarily modulated signals: a square wave application	311	(11)
G. Bozzi
L. Capineri
L. Masotti
P. Mazzinghi
M. Mazzoni
A four-quadrant beam position sensor for applications with frequency modulated IR laser diodes	322	(5)
L. Capineri
G. Toci
P. Mazzinghi
M. Mazzone
L. Masotti
Fiber Optics Sensors	327	(14)
Optical fibers for the monitoring of lighting in museum environments	329	(5)
A.G. Mignani
R. Falciaci
C. Trono
B. Tiribilli
Fiber optic optoacoustic sources	334	(7)
E. Biagi
L. Masotti
M. Pieraccini
Mechanical Sensors	341	(16)
Vibrating system for calibration of acceleration microsensors	343	(6)
M. Petternella
M. Tiberti
R. Vitelli
Sensitive garments for body kinematics recording	349	(8)
R. Francesconi
A. Mazzolid
P. Orsini
D. De Rossi
Microsystems and Technology	357	(26)
An integrated Xenon flow regulator obtained by means of micromachining	359	(7)
A. Diligenti
A. Nannini
F. Pieri
M. Piotto
G. Noci
Semiconductor devices characterization by scanning probe microscopy	366	(5)
F. Bordoni
G. Aielli
L. Fasciani
G. De Gasperis
Magnetic type integrated position sensor for automotive applications	371	(6)
L. Labate
U. Mastromatteo
B. Vigna
F.F. Villa
Low power silicon microheaters for gas sensors	377	(6)
S. Brida
F. Giacomozzi
D. Giusti
V. Guarnieri
B. Margesin
M. Zen
Electronics and Signal Processing for Sensors	383	(35)
Differential transresistance amplifier for noise performance optimisation in piezoresistive sensors	385	(6)
A.S. Fiorillo
O. Pasqua
Read-out electronics for IR microbolometers array with smart features	391	(7)
C. Corsi
M. Faccio
N. Liberatore
A. Matrone
C. Poduti
M. Salpietro
G. Soncini
A CMOS low-voltage bridge as an integrated temperature sensor	398	(5)
G. Ferri
A. D'Amico
C. Di Natale
A CMOS low voltage circuit improves Wheatstone bridge sensitivity and resolution	403	(5)
G. Ferri
A. D'Amico
C. Di Natale
A low-voltage resistive sensor based on a CMOS phase shifter	408	(5)
G. Ferri
P. de Laurentis
A study about noise in low voltage CMOS integrated temperature sensor	413	(5)
G. Ferri
R. Mazzone
A. D'Amico
C. Di Natale
Programmable ADC with non linear characteristics for smart sensor applications	418
M. D'Antonio
G. Bucci
M. Faccio
C. Landi