Sensors: Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Sensors, February 21-23, 2018, Catania, Italy (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Book 539)

This book gathers the best papers presented at the Fourth Italian National Conference on Sensors, held in Catania, Italy, from 21 to 23 February 2018. The book represents an invaluable and up-to-the-minute tool, providing an essential overview of recent findings, strategies and new directions in the area of sensor research. Further, it addresses various aspects based on the development of new chemical, physical or biological sensors, assembling and characterization, signal treatment and data handling. Lastly, the book applies electrochemical, optical and other detection strategies to relevant issues in the food and clinical environmental areas, as well as industry-oriented applications. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Low Temperature NO2 Sensor Based on YCoO3 and TiO2 Nanoparticle Composites (Tommaso Addabbo, Ada Fort, Marco Mugnaini, Valerio Vignoli)....Pages 3-10 Effect of Humidity on the Hydrogen Sensing in Graphene Based Devices (Brigida Alfano, Ettore Massera, Tiziana Polichetti, Maria Lucia Miglietta, Girolamo Di Francia)....Pages 11-16 A Networked Wearable Device for Chemical Multisensing (Tiziana Polichetti, Maria Lucia Miglietta, Brigida Alfano, Ettore Massera, S. De Vito, Girolamo Di Francia et al.)....Pages 17-24 High Performance VOCs Sensor Based on ɣ-Fe2O3/Al-ZnO Nanocomposites (N. Zahmouli, S. G. Leonardi, A. Bonavita, M. Hjiri, L. El Mir, Nicola Donato et al.)....Pages 25-30 Electrochemical Sensor Based on Molybdenum Oxide Nanoparticles for Detection of Dopamine (S. Spadaro, Enza Fazio, Martina Bonsignore, N. Lavanya, C. Sekar, S. G. Leonardi et al.)....Pages 31-38 Sensing Properties of Indium, Tin and Zinc Oxides for Hexanal Detection (A. Malara, L. Bonaccorsi, A. Donato, P. Frontera, A. Piscopo, M. Poiana et al.)....Pages 39-44 On-Glass Integration of Thin Film Devices for Monitoring of Cell Bioluminescence (D. Caputo, N. Lovecchio, M. Nardecchia, L. Cevenini, E. Michelini, M. Mirasoli et al.)....Pages 45-51 Yeast-DMFC Device Using Glucose as Fuel: Analytical and Energetic Applications. Preliminary Results (Mauro Tomassetti, Emanuele Dell’Aglio, Riccardo Angeloni, Mauro Castrucci, Maria Pia Sammartino, Luigi Campanella)....Pages 53-59 YCoO3 Resistive Gas Sensors for the Detection of NO2 in ‘Resistance Controlled Mode’ (Tommaso Addabbo, Ada Fort, Marco Mugnaini, Valerio Vignoli)....Pages 61-68 Monitoring Shelf Life of Carrots with a Peptides Based Electronic Nose (Sara Gaggiotti, Flavio Della Pelle, Vania Masciulli, Corrado Di Natale, Dario Compagnone)....Pages 69-74 An Innovative Optical Chem-Sensor Based on a Silicon Photomultipliers for the Sulfide Monitoring (Salvatore Petralia, Emanuele Luigi Sciuto, Maria Anna Messina, M. Francesca Santangelo, Sebania Libertino, Sabrina Conoci)....Pages 75-81 Samarium Oxide as a Novel Sensing Material for Acetone and Ethanol (S. Rasouli Jamnani, H. Milani Moghaddam, S. G. Leonardi, Nicola Donato, G. Neri)....Pages 83-87 Crowdfunding for Increased Awareness Crowd-Sensing: A Technical Account (S. De Vito, Girolamo Di Francia, E. Esposito, G. Fattoruso, S. Fiore, F. Formisano et al.)....Pages 89-101 Front Matter ....Pages 103-103 Nickel Based Biosensor for Biomolecules Recognition (Salvatore Petralia, Emanuele Luigi Sciuto, Salvo Mirabella, Francesco Priolo, Francesco Rundo, Sabrina Conoci)....Pages 105-109 Electrochemical DNA-Based Sensor for Organophosphorus Pesticides Detection (Giulia Selvolini, Ioana Băjan, Oana Hosu, Cecilia Cristea, Robert Săndulescu, Giovanna Marrazza)....Pages 111-115 A Novel Lab-on-Disk System for Pathogen Nucleic Acids Analysis in Infectious Diseases (Emanuele Luigi Sciuto, Salvatore Petralia, Sabrina Conoci)....Pages 117-124 Diamond-Based Multi Electrode Arrays for Monitoring Neurotransmitter Release (Giulia Tomagra, Alfio Battiato, Ettore Bernardi, Alberto Pasquarelli, Emilio Carbone, Paolo Olivero et al.)....Pages 125-134 Ultrasensitive Non-enzymatic Electrochemical Glucose Sensor Based on NiO/CNT Composite (K. Movlaee, H. Raza, N. Pinna, S. G. Leonardi, G. Neri)....Pages 135-140 A Silicon-Based Biosensor for Bacterial Pathogens Detection (Roberto Verardo, Salvatore Petralia, Claudio Schneider, Enio Klaric, Maria Grazia Amore, Giuseppe Tosto et al.)....Pages 141-145 M13 Bacteriophages as Bioreceptors in Biosensor Device (Laura M. De Plano, Domenico Franco, Maria Giovanna Rizzo, Sara Crea, Grazia M. L. Messina, Giovanni Marletta et al.)....Pages 147-155 One-Step Functionalization of Silicon Nanoparticles with Phage Probes to Identify Pathogenic Bacteria (Maria Giovanna Rizzo, Laura M. De Plano, Sara Crea, Domenico Franco, Santi Scibilia, Angela M. Mezzasalma et al.)....Pages 157-163 FITC-Labelled Clone from Phage Display for Direct Detection of Leukemia Cells in Blood (Domenico Franco, Laura M. De Plano, Maria Giovanna Rizzo, Sara Crea, Enza Fazio, Martina Bonsignore et al.)....Pages 165-172 Organised Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles for LSPR Refractive Index Transducers (S. Rella, M. G. Manera, A. Colombelli, A. G. Monteduro, G. Maruccio, C. Malitesta)....Pages 173-179 Human Organ-on-a-Chip: Around the Intestine Bends (Lucia Giampetruzzi, Amilcare Barca, Chiara De Pascali, Simonetta Capone, Tiziano Verri, Pietro Siciliano et al.)....Pages 181-188 Portable Optoelectronic System for Monitoring Enzymatic Chemiluminescent Reaction (F. Costantini, R. M. Tiggelaar, R. Salvio, M. Nardecchia, S. Schlautmann, C. Manetti et al.)....Pages 189-194 A Novel Paper-Based Biosensor for Urinary Phenylalanine Measurement for PKU Therapy Monitoring (Maria Anna Messina, Federica Raudino, Agata Fiumara, Sabrina Conoci, Salvatore Petralia)....Pages 195-200 Front Matter ....Pages 201-201 Magnetoencephalography System Based on Quantum Magnetic Sensors for Clinical Applications (Carmine Granata, Antonio Vettoliere, Oliviero Talamo, Paolo Silvestrini, Rosaria Rucco, Pier Paolo Sorrentino et al.)....Pages 203-209 Calibration System for Multi-sensor Acoustical Systems (Orsola Petrella, Giovanni Cerasuolo, Salvatore Ameduri, Vincenzo Quaranta, Marco Laracca)....Pages 211-221 Pyroelectric Sensor for Characterization of Biological Cells (S. A. Pullano, M. Greco, D. M. Corigliano, D. P. Foti, A. Brunetti, A. S. Fiorillo)....Pages 223-228 Characterization of a TMR Sensor for EC-NDT Applications (Andrea Bernieri, Giovanni Betta, Luigi Ferrigno, Marco Laracca, Antonio Rasile)....Pages 229-236 Thermal, Mechanical and Electrical Investigation of Elastomer-Carbon Black Nanocomposite Piezoresistivity (Giovanna Di Pasquale, Salvatore Graziani, Guido La Rosa, Fabio Lo Savio, Antonino Pollicino)....Pages 237-250 Front Matter ....Pages 251-251 Polishing Process Analysis for Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors in D-Shaped Plastic Optical Fibers (Nunzio Cennamo, Maria Pesavento, Simone Marchetti, Letizia De Maria, Paola Zuppella, Luigi Zeni)....Pages 253-257 A Molecularly Imprinted Polymer on a Novel Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor (Maria Pesavento, Simone Marchetti, Luigi Zeni, Nunzio Cennamo)....Pages 259-262 Design of a Label-Free Multiplexed Biosensing Platform Based on an Ultracompact Plasmonic Resonant Cavity (Francesco Dell’Olio, Donato Conteduca, Maripina De Palo, Nicola Sasanelli, Caterina Ciminelli)....Pages 263-267 A Novel Intensity-Based Sensor Platform for Refractive Index Sensing (Nunzio Cennamo, Francesco Mattiello, Luigi Zeni)....Pages 269-273 An Optical Sensing System for Atmospheric Particulate Matter (Luca Lombardo, Marco Parvis, Emma Angelini, Nicola Donato, Sabrina Grassini)....Pages 275-282 Performances Evaluation of the Optical Techniques Developed and Used to Map the Velocities Vectors of Radioactive Dust (Andrea Malizia, Riccardo Rossi)....Pages 283-293 Front Matter ....Pages 295-295 Low Cost Inkjet Printed Sensors: From Physical to Chemical Sensors (Bruno Andò, Salvatore Baglio, V. Marletta, R. Crispino, S. Castorina, A. Pistorio et al.)....Pages 297-308 DNA-Based Biosensor on Flexible Nylon Substrate by Dip-Pen Lithography for Topoisomerase Detection (V. Ferrara, A. Ottaviani, F. Cavaleri, G. Arrabito, P. Cancemi, Y.-P. Ho et al.)....Pages 309-316 Aerosol Jet Printed Sensors for Protein Detection: A Preliminary Study (Edoardo Cantù, Sarah Tonello, Mauro Serpelloni, Emilio Sardini)....Pages 317-327 Novel Coplanar Capacitive Force Sensor for Biomedical Applications: A Preliminary Study (Andrea Bodini, Emilio Sardini, Mauro Serpelloni, Stefano Pandini)....Pages 329-336 Graphene-Like Based-Chemiresistors Inkjet-Printed onto Paper Substrate (F. Villani, F. Loffredo, Brigida Alfano, Maria Lucia Miglietta, L. Verdoliva, M. Alfè et al.)....Pages 337-343 Carbon Black as Electrode Modifier in Prussian Blue Electrodeposition for H2O2 Sensing (Daniel Rojas, Flavio Della Pelle, Michele Del Carlo, Dario Compagnone)....Pages 345-350 Front Matter ....Pages 351-351 PPG/ECG Multisite Combo System Based on SiPM Technology (Vincenzo Vinciguerra, Emilio Ambra, Lidia Maddiona, Mario Romeo, Massimo Mazzillo, Francesco Rundo et al.)....Pages 353-360 A Small Footprint, Low Power, and Light Weight Sensor Node and Dedicated Processing for Modal Analysis (Federica Zonzini, Luca De Marchi, Nicola Testoni)....Pages 361-370 IEEE 21451-001 Signal Treatment Applied to Smart Transducers (F. Abate, M. Carratù, A. Espírito-Santo, V. Huang, G. Monte, V. Paciello)....Pages 371-376 Accuracy and Metrological Characteristics of Wearable Devices: A Systematic Review (Gloria Cosoli, Lorenzo Scalise)....Pages 377-387 Short Range Positioning Using Ultrasound Techniques (Antonella Comuniello, Alessio De Angelis, Antonio Moschitta)....Pages 389-398 Estimating the Outdoor PM10 Concentration Through Wireless Sensor Network for Smart Metering (D. Capriglione, M. Carratù, M. Ferro, A. Pietrosanto, P. Sommella)....Pages 399-404 Machine Learning Techniques to Select a Reduced and Optimal Set of Sensors for the Design of Ad Hoc Sensory Systems (Luigi Quercia, Domenico Palumbo)....Pages 405-416 Multi-sensor Platform for Automatic Assessment of Physical Activity of Older Adults (Andrea Caroppo, Alessandro Leone, Pietro Siciliano)....Pages 417-427 Failure Modes and Mechanisms of Sensors Used in Oil&Gas Applications (M. Catelani, L. Ciani, M. Venzi)....Pages 429-436 Lab-on-Disk Platform for KRAS Mutation Testing (Iemmolo Rosario, Guarnaccia Maria, Petralia Salvatore, Cavallaro Sebastiano, Conoci Sabrina)....Pages 437-444 Study Toward the Integration of a System for Bacterial Growth Monitoring in an Automated Specimen Processing Platform (Paolo Bellitti, Michele Bona, Stefania Fontana, Emilio Sardini, Mauro Serpelloni)....Pages 445-454 A Virtual ANN-Based Sensor for IFD in Two-Wheeled Vehicle (D. Capriglione, M. Carratù, A. Pietrosanto, P. Sommella)....Pages 455-463 A Smart Breath Analyzer for Monitoring Home Mechanical Ventilated Patients (Antonio Vincenzo Radogna, Simonetta Capone, Giuseppina Anna Di Lauro, Nicola Fiore, Valentina Longo, Lucia Giampetruzzi et al.)....Pages 465-471 A Nonlinear Pattern Recognition Pipeline for PPG/ECG Medical Assessments (Francesco Rundo, Salvatore Petralia, Giorgio Fallica, Sabrina Conoci)....Pages 473-480 Electronic System for Structural and Environmental Building Monitoring (Leonardo Pantoli, Mirco Muttillo, Giuseppe Ferri, Vincenzo Stornelli, Rocco Alaggio, Daniele Vettori et al.)....Pages 481-488 Closed-Loop Temperature Control CMOS Integrated Circuit for Diagnostics and Self-calibration of Capacitive Humidity Sensors (Moataz Elkhayat, Stefano Mangiarotti, Marco Grassi, Piero Malcovati)....Pages 489-495 An UAV Mounted Intelligent Monitoring System for Impromptu Air Quality Assessments (M. Carrozzo, S. De Vito, E. Esposito, F. Formisano, M. Salvato, Ettore Massera et al.)....Pages 497-506 Front Matter ....Pages 507-507 Fluxgate Magnetometer and Performance for Measuring Iron Compounds (Carlo Trigona, Valentina Sinatra, Bruno Andò, Salvatore Baglio, Giovanni Mostile, Alessandra Nicoletti et al.)....Pages 509-517 Micro Doppler Radar and Depth Sensor Fusion for Human Activity Monitoring in AAL (Susanna Spinsante, Matteo Pepa, Stefano Pirani, Ennio Gambi, Francesco Fioranelli)....Pages 519-528 Characterization of Human Semen by GC-MS and VOC Sensor: An Unexplored Approach to the Study on Infertility (Valentina Longo, Angiola Forleo, Sara Pinto Provenzano, Daniela Domenica Montagna, Lamberto Coppola, Vincenzo Zara et al.)....Pages 529-536 A Novel Technique to Characterize Conformational State of the Proteins: p53 Analysis (Saad Abdullah, Mauro Serpelloni, Giulia Abate, Daniela Uberti)....Pages 537-544 Electrical Energy Harvesting from Pot Plants (R. Di Lorenzo, Marco Grassi, S. Assini, M. Granata, M. Barcella, Piero Malcovati)....Pages 545-550 Preliminary Study on Wearable System for Multiple Finger Tracking (Paolo Bellitti, Michele Bona, Emilio Sardini, Mauro Serpelloni)....Pages 551-558 Giraff Meets KOaLa to Better Reason on Sensor Networks (Amedeo Cesta, Luca Coraci, Gabriella Cortellessa, Riccardo De Benedictis, Andrea Orlandini, Alessandra Sorrentino et al.)....Pages 559-569 Smart Insole for Diabetic Foot Monitoring (Gabriele Rescio, Alessandro Leone, Luca Francioso, Pietro Siciliano)....Pages 571-577 Identification of Users’ Well-Being Related to External Stimuli: A Preliminary Investigation (Filippo Pietroni, Sara Casaccia, Lorenzo Scalise, Gian Marco Revel)....Pages 579-590 Smart Transducers for Energy Scavenging and Sensing in Vibrating Environments (Slim Naifar, Carlo Trigona, Sonia Bradai, Salvatore Baglio, Olfa Kanoun)....Pages 591-598 RMSHI Solutions for Electromagnetic Transducers from Environmental Vibration (Sonia Bradai, Carlo Trigona, Slim Naifar, Salvatore Baglio, Olfa Kanoun)....Pages 599-607 Characterization of Sensorized Porous 3D Gelatin/Chitosan Scaffolds Via Bio-impedance Spectroscopy (Muhammad Ahmed Khan, Nicola Francesco Lopomo, Mauro Serpelloni, Emilio Sardini, Luciana Sartore)....Pages 609-617 Fast Multi-parametric Method for Mechanical Properties Estimation of Clamped—Clamped Perforated Membranes (Luca Francioso, Chiara De Pascali, Alvise Bagolini, Donatella Duraccio, Pietro Siciliano)....Pages 619-627 Improvement of the Frequency Behavior of an EC-NDT Inspection System (Andrea Bernieri, Giovanni Betta, Luigi Ferrigno, Marco Laracca, Antonio Rasile)....Pages 629-638 Back Matter ....Pages 639-642