In the 'Introduction' and 'Results and Discussion' sections of this manuscript, the authors used 2 sequences that were previously published and cited already as references 35 and 44. To better reflect the use of these sequences within the Introduction: " Using these dependencies, we designed Ag-DNA templates to function as an optical sensor in living cells' interior environments (Fig. 1b–d) (fo...

RFID, as a low cost technology with a long life time, provides great potential for transmitting sensor data in combination with the ordinary ID number. The sensor can, for example, be integrated either in the chip or in the antenna of an RFID tag. This thesis focuses on the design of antenna-based UHF RFID sensor tags as wireless sensors at the lowest possible cost level compatible with standar...

Sensor nodes are increasingly deployed in many environments. Most of these nodes feature onboard sensor chips to measure environmental data such as humidity, temperature and light. In this paper, we show that seemingly innocuous and non-sensitive data such as humidity measurements can disclose private information such as human presence. We conduct several experiments using Telos motes running T...

The synthesis parameters and results of investigation of gas sensing properties of tin oxide nanoparticles produced by spark ablation are presented. The nanoparticles have sizes below 30 nm and their specific surface area is about 40 m2/g. In order to study the gas sensing properties, a special structure comprising heater, barrier layers and contact pads was utilized. The resistance of the sens...

New type of humidity sensor based on Carbon thin film active nano layers, modified with sodium salt of sulfonated Nickel phthalocyanine is presented. The sensor shows high sensitivity due to the high surface area of Carbon nanoparticles, good long-time stability and sensitivity in the range from 20 to 85 % relative humidity (RH). The response is linear in semilogarithmic plot – logarithm of imp...

A gray TiO₂/SrTiO₃ composite nanocrystalline sensor with narrow band-gap was successfully prepared through a facile wet chemical method. The precursor was calcined in N₂ flow under atmospheric pressure and thereafter, a humidity sensor based on the composite was fabricated. The sensor showed high resistive sensitivity and varied by more than four orders of magnitude with an increase in relative...

The response curves and sensor properties of silver-deposited optical fibers with Ag film thicknesses of 20.0 - 80.0 nm based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) were investigated. The response of the Ag-deposited optical fiber sensor depends on the thickness of the Ag film. The Ag-deposited optical fiber sensors show higher responses than those deposited with Au. The reflection properties of Ag...

Humidity induced change in the refractive index and thickness of the polyethylene glycol (PEG) coatings are in situ investigated for a range from 10 to 95%, using an optical waveguide spectroscopic technique. It is experimentally demonstrated that, upon humidity change, the optical and swelling characteristics of the PEG coatings can be employed to build a plastic fibre optic humidity sensor. T...

Ordered SnO₂ nanostructures were prepared as humidity sensors by nanosphere lithography with the magnetron sputtering technique. The X-ray diffraction patterns of SnO₂ nanostructures show that all intense diffraction peaks correspond to the crystallographic planes of SnO₂. The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) mage shows that these SnO₂ nanostructures exhibited a classic honeycomb structure. The re...