Sensors and Microsystems

Part I. Physical Sensors

1. Integrable Sensor System for Live Monitoring of Loudspeaker Performances
Gianluca Barile, Giuseppe Ferri, Alfiero Leoni, Mirco Muttillo, Vincenzo Stornelli, Marco Caldari, Marco Palombini, Franco Ripa

2. Re-configurable Switched Capacitor Sigma-Delta Modulator for MEMS Microphones in Mobiles
M. Grassi, F. Conso, G. Rocca, P. Malcovati, A. Baschirotto

3. A Low Cost Inclinometer with InkJet-Printed Resistive Readout Strategy
Bruno Andò, Salvatore Baglio, Vincenzo Marletta, Antonio Pistorio

4. Dual Wavelength Botda for Strain/Temperature Discrimination
A. Minardo, E. Catalano, A. Coscetta, L. Zeni

5. Electrical Characterization of Microstrip Resonators Based on Nanostructured Sensing Materials
G. Gugliandolo, A. Mirzaei, M. Bonyani, G. Neri, M. Latino, N. Donato

6. Graphene Decoration for Gas Detection
Brigida Alfano, Ettore Massera, Maria Lucia Miglietta, Tiziana Polichetti, Chiara Schiattarella, Girolamo Francia

7. (002)-Oriented AlN Thin Films Sputtered on Ti Bottom Electrode for Flexible Electronics: Structural and Morphological Characterization
A. Taurino, M. A. Signore, M. Catalano, M. Masieri, F. Quaranta, P. Siciliano

Part II. Chemical Sensors

8. Detection of Tumor Markers and Cell Metabolites in Cell Cultures, Using Nanostructured Chemoresistive Sensors
N. Landini, B. Fabbri, A. Gaiardo, S. Gherardi, V. Guidi, G. Rispoli, M. Valt, G. Zonta, C. Malagù

9. Fish Robot Based on Chemical Sensors for Water Monitoring
Giovanna Marrazza, Andrea Ravalli, Claudio Rossi

10. QCM Sensors Based on In2O3 Nano-films Obtained by a Pulsed Plasma Deposition Technique
Tommaso Addabbo, Andrea Baldi, Mara Bruzzi, Ada Fort, Marco Mugnaini, Valerio Vignoli

11. Electrocatalytic Activity of α-MoO3 Plates Synthesized Through Resistive Heating Route
Emanuela Filippo, Daniela Chirizzi, Francesca Baldassarre, Marco Tepore, Maria Rachele Guascito, Antonio Tepore

12. A New Resonant Air Humidity Sensor: First Experimental Results
Nicola A. Lamberti, Monica Mura, Pasquale D’Uva, Nicola Greco, Valerio Apuzzo

Part III. Biosensors

13. Food Allergen-IgE Impedance Measurements Evaluation in Allergic Children
Simona Barni, Tommaso Addabbo, Ada Fort, Matteo Becatti, Claudia Fiorillo, Marco Mugnaini, Niccolò Taddei, Valerio Vignoli, Elio Novembre, Francesca Mori

14. Enhancement in PDMS-Based Microfluidic Network for On-Chip Thermal Treatment of Biomolecules
G. Petrucci, N. Lovecchio, M. Nardecchia, C. Parrillo, F. Costantini, A. Nascetti, G. Cesare, D. Caputo

15. A Continuous Flow Microelectrophoretic Module for Protein Separation
A. Capuano, A. Adami, V. Mulloni, L. Lorenzelli

16. Thrombin Aptamer-Based Biosensors: A Model of the Electrical Response
Eleonora Alfinito, Lino Reggiani, Rosella Cataldo, Giorgio Nunzio, Livia Giotta, Maria Rachele Guascito

17. Chloramphenicol Determination by New Immunosensor Using Two Different Competitive Formats
Elisabetta Martini, Mauro Tomassetti, Riccardo Angeloni, Maria Pia Sammartino, Luigi Campanella

18. Numerical Results on the Exploitation of Gold Nanostructures in Plastic Optical Fibers Based Plasmonic Sensors
N. Cennamo, F. Mattiello, P. A. S. Jorge, R. Sweid, L. Maria, M. Pesavento, L. Zeni

Part IV. Optical Sensors

19. Design of an Evanescent Waveguide Sensor Based on a-Si:H Photodiodes for Lab-on-Chip Applications
Alessio Buzzin, Rita Asquini, Domenico Caputo, Giampiero Cesare

20. Optoelectronic System-on-Glass for On-Chip Detection of Fluorescence
N. Lovecchio, F. Costantini, M. Nardecchia, G. Petrucci, M. Tucci, P. Mangiapane, A. Nascetti, G. Cesare, D. Caputo

21. Optical Detection of Antioxidant Capacity in Food Using Metal Nanoparticles Formation. Study on Saffron Constituents
Flavio Della Pelle, Annalisa Scroccarello, Aida Santone, Dario Compagnone

Part V. Applications

22. A Multicenter Survey About Companion Robot Acceptability in Caregivers of Patients with Dementia
Grazia D’Onofrio, Daniele Sancarlo, James Oscar, Francesco Ricciardi, Dympna Casey, Keith Murphy, Francesco Giuliani, Antonio Greco

23. Breath-Printing of Heart Failure in Elderly
A. Zompanti, P. Finamore, C. Pedone, M. Santonico, S. Grasso, F. R. Parente, G. Ferri, V. Stornelli, D. Lelli, L. Costanzo, R. Antonelli Incalzi, G. Pennazza

24. Active Sensors/Actuators-Based Flow and Noise Control for Aerospace Applications
Maria Grazia Giorgi, Elisa Pescini, Antonio Suma, Maria Assunta Signore, Luca Francioso, Chiara Pascali, Antonio Ficarella

25. Wireless Smart Parking Sensor System for Vehicles Detection
V. Stornelli, G. Ferri, M. Muttillo, L. Pantoli, A. Leoni, G. Barile, D. D’Onofrio, F. R. Parente, T. Gabriele

26. Heat Sink Free Wearable Thermoelectric System with Low Startup Voltage, High Efficiency DC–DC Converter
L. Francioso, C. Pascali, C. Veri, M. Pasca, S. D’amico, F. Casino, P. Siciliano

27. An Innovative Electro-Optic Sensor for Point-Like Electric Field Measurements
Umberto Perini, Elena Golinelli, Letizia Maria, Rudi Bratovich

28. A Sensor Fusion Method Applied to Networked Rain Gauges for Defining Statistically Based Rainfall Thresholds for Landslide Triggering
Grazia Fattoruso, Annalisa Agresta, Saverio Vito, Antonio Buonanno, Claudio Marocco, Mario Molinara, Francesco Tortorella, Girolamo Francia

29. Particle Manipulation by Means of Piezoelectric Actuators for Microfluidic Applications
Marco Demori, Marco Baù, Marco Ferrari, Vittorio Ferrari

30. Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Residual Stress Mitigation in Piezoresistive Silicon Nitride Cantilever
M. Kandpal, A. Adami, F. Giacomozzi, M. Zen, V. Ramgopal Rao, L. Lorenzelli

31. Alcohols Traces Checked in River and Rain Water Using a DMFC-Enzymatic Device
Mauro Tomassetti, Riccardo Angeloni, Mauro Castrucci, Giovanni Visco, Maria Pia Sammartino, Luigi Campanella

32. Electronic Nose Detection of Hydraulic-Oil Fingerprint Contamination in Relevant Aircraft Maintenance Scenarios
M. Salvato, S. De Vito, M. Miglietta, E. Massera, E. Esposito, F. Formisano, G. Di Francia, G. Fattoruso

33. Radar-Based Fall Detection Using Deep Machine Learning: System Configuration and Performance
Giovanni Diraco, Alessandro Leone, Pietro Siciliano

34. Evaluation of the Volatile Organic Compounds Released from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and THP1 Cells Under Normal and Proinflammatory Conditions
A. Forleo, S. Capone, V. Longo, F. Casino, A. V. Radogna, P. Siciliano, M. Massaro, E. Scoditti, N. Calabriso, MA. Carluccio

35. Au-Catalyst Assisted MOVPE Growth of CdTe Nanowires for Photovoltaic Applications
Virginia Di Carlo, Fabio Marzo, Massimo Di Giulio, Paola Prete, Nico Lovergine

36. An Electrode Impedance Balanced Interface for Biomedical Application
Francesca Romana Parente, Simone Di Giovanni, Giuseppe Ferri, Vincenzo Stornelli, Giorgio Pennazza, Marco Santonico

37. Autonomous Microfluidic Capillary Network for on Chip Detection of Chemiluminescence
M. Nardecchia, D. Paglialunga, G. Petrucci, N. Lovecchio, F. Costantini, S. Pirrotta, G. Cesare, D. Caputo, A. Nascetti

38. Assessing the Relocation Robustness of on Field Calibrations for Air Quality Monitoring Devices
E. Esposito, M. Salvato, S. De Vito, G. Fattoruso, N. Castell, K. Karatzas, G. Di Francia

39. RGB-D Sensor for Facial Expression Recognition in AAL Context
Andrea Caroppo, Alessandro Leone, Pietro Siciliano

40. UV-Cured Composite Films Containing ZnO Nanostructures: Effect of Filler Shape on Piezoelectric Response
L. Francioso, G. Malucelli, A. Fioravanti, C. Pascali, M. A. Signore, M. C. Carotta, A. Bonanno, D. Duraccio

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