C.M. Roland (December 17, 2014) Introduction Impedance spectroscopy and dielectric relaxation measurements yield the same information; however, their purpose and analysis methods differ. Impedance spectroscopy is typically used to probe electrochemical processes, while dielectric relaxation data, almost invariably expressed in the complex permittivity representation, provide information on dyna...

Quantifying changes in partial resistances of epithelial barriers in vitro is a challenging and time-consuming task in physiology and pathophysiology. Here, we demonstrate that electrical properties of epithelial barriers can be estimated reliably by combining impedance spectroscopy measurements, mathematical modeling and machine learning algorithms. Conventional impedance spectroscopy is often...

Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is a non-destructive testing (NDT) method [4,5,7] ranking in the electrical engineering measuring method group. It outputs data providing information on material electric and dielectric properties. Microscopically inhomogeneous materials are frequently used in the building industry. Unfortunately, the impedance spectroscopy results and their characterization on the b...

Real-time diagnosis is required to ensure the safety, reliability, and durability of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) system. Two categories methods are (1) intrusive, time consuming, or require alterations architecture but provide detailed information about system (2) rapid benign low-information-yielding. A strategy based on alternating current (AC) voltage response one-dimensio...

Noninvasive detection is a fundamental prerequisite for pervasive healthcare system and biosensing. Along with different noninvasive techniques such as ultrasound, X-ray, magnetic resonance and optical imaging, electrical impedance spectroscopy is emerging as more suitable technique for tissue level diagnosis. This paper presents a noninvasive technique for bioelectrical impedance estimation by...

Impedance converters have been developed as a new type of converter besides the two other existing converters: voltage-source and current source converters. The new converter has many inherent advantages which can be used for many applications such as wind power conversion system, fuel cell system or motor drive applications. Present research works are mostly focused on using Z-source network a...

Impedometric zeolite hydrocarbon sensors with a chromium oxide intermediatelayer show a very promising behavior with respect to sensitivity and selectivity. Theunderlying physico-chemical mechanism is under investigation at the moment. In order toverify that the effect occurs at the electrode and that zeolite bulk properties remain almostunaffected by hydrocarbons, a special planar setup was de...

In this paper an optimal damped input filter is designed based on a Genetic Algorithm (GA) for an electrolytic capacitor-less AC-AC converter. Sufficient passive damping and minimum losses in passive damping elements, minimization of the filter output impedance at the filter cut-off frequency, minimization of the DC-link voltage and input current fluctuations, and minimization of the filter cos...