We present a radio-frequency impedance-based biosensor embedded inside a semiconductor microtube for the in-flow detection of single cells. An impedance-matched tank circuit and a tight wrapping of the electrodes around the sensing region, which creates a close, leakage current-free contact between cells and electrodes, yields a high signal-to-noise ratio. We experimentally show a twofold impro...

(Chest 1993; 103:271-72) T he implantable cardioverter defibrillator (lCD) has become accepted treatment for the management of certain malignant ventricular arrhythmias. ‘ Implantation ofthe lCD usually requires an anterolateral thoracotomy through which the patch electrodes and sensing electrodes are placed, in either an intraor an extrapericardial position, although subcostal and subxiphoid a...

Measurements of chloride concentration are important in a range of applications. We report here on our progress toward the fabrication and testing of small, inexpensive chloride sensors integrated with sensing electronics on a CMOS chip. We describe and demonstrate a process for formation of gold and silver chloride/ silver electrodes on a CMOS chip. Cyclic voltammetry is performed on chip-scal...

This paper presents a micromachined resonant pressure sensor. The sensor is designed to optimize the sensitivity and reduce the cross-talk between the driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. The relationship between the sensitivity of the sensor and the main design parameters is analyzed both theoretically and numerically. The sensing and driving electrodes are optimized to get both high sen...

This paper describes the fabrication and the characterization of an original example of a miniaturized resistive-type humidity sensor, printed on flexible substrate in a large-scale manner. The fabrication process involves laser ablation for the design of interdigitated electrodes on PET (Poly-Ethylene Terephthalate) substrate and a screen-printing process for the deposition of the sensitive ma...

In this paper, vertically aligned Pt nanowire arrays (PtNWA) with different lengths and surface roughnesses were fabricated and their electrochemical performance toward hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) detection was studied. The nanowire arrays were synthesized by electroplating Pt in nanopores of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template. Different parameters, such as current density and deposition time, w...

In this report, alkanethiol self assembled monolayers (SAM) with two different chain lengths were used to immobilize the functionalizing enzyme (glucose oxidase) onto gold nanopillar modified electrodes and the electrochemical processes of these functionalized electrodes in glucose detection were investigated. First, the formation of these SAMs on the nanopillar modified electrodes was characte...

Introduction In September 2012, the United Stated Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a fully subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillator (S-ICD, Boston Scientific Inc). The device is implanted in the left midaxillary space and attached to a single lead that is tunneled subcutaneously from the xyphoid process in 2 directions, superiorly to the sternal manubrium joint to the left...

Highly sensitive, easy-to-fabricate, and low-cost pH sensors with small dimensions are required to monitor human bodily fluids, drinking water quality and chemical/biological processes. In this study, a low-temperature, solution-based process is developed to prepare palladium/palladium oxide (Pd/PdO) thin films for pH sensing. A precursor solution for Pd is spin coated onto pre-cleaned glass su...