Advancement in Sensing Technology: New Developments and Practical Applications

✍ Scribed by Chia-Pang Chen, Cheng-Long Chuang, Joe-Air Jiang (auth.), Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Krishanthi P. Jayasundera, Anton Fuchs (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 328
• Series: Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation 1
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book presents the recent advancements in the area of sensors and sensing technology, specifically in environmental monitoring, structural health monitoring, dielectric, magnetic, electrochemical, ultrasonic, microfluidic, flow, surface acoustic wave, gas, cloud computing and bio-medical.

This book will be useful to a variety of readers, namely, Master and PhD degree students, researchers, practitioners, working on sensors and sensing technology. The book will provide an opportunity of a dedicated and a deep approach in order to improve their knowledge in this specific field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-8
Ecological Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks-—Overview, Challenges, and Opportunities....Pages 1-21
Development of an Embedded System-Based Gateway for Environmental Monitoring in Wild Fields....Pages 23-42
Experimental Research Platform for Structural Health Monitoring....Pages 43-68
A Review of Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radios....Pages 69-80
Dielectric Characterisation of Lipid Droplet Suspensions Using the Small Perturbation Technique....Pages 81-91
Dielectric Properties of Wood for Improved Internal Imaging....Pages 93-104
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Measurements for Dielectric Materials and Metals....Pages 105-120
Microdevice with Half-Ring Shaped GMR Sensors for Magnetic Bead Manipulation and Detection....Pages 121-138
Design of Induction Gradiometer for MCG Measurement....Pages 139-164
Electroacoustic Model Based Pneumatic Fill-Level Measurement for Fluids and Bulk Solids....Pages 165-180
New Developments in Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Sensors....Pages 181-189
Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Lossy Mode Resonances....Pages 191-210
Ultrasonic Thermometry for Temperature Profiling of Heated Materials....Pages 211-236
Non-invasive Measurement of Blood Components....Pages 237-262
Homeland Security and Cloud: Challenges and On-Going Developments....Pages 263-282
Formulation, Characterization and LPG-Sensing Properties of CuO-Doped ZnO Thick Film Resistor....Pages 283-298
Synthesis of Cu-Doped SnO 2 Thin Films by Spray Pyrolysis for Gas Sensor Application....Pages 299-311
Nanocystalline In 2 O 3 Thick Film Sensor....Pages 313-322
Back Matter....Pages 0--1

✦ Subjects

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation;Signal, Image and Speech Processing;Measurement Science and Instrumentation