Accurate measurements of soil macronutrients (i.e., nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) are needed for efficient agricultural production, including site-specific crop management (SSCM), where fertilizer nutrient application rates are adjusted spatially based on local requirements. Rapid, non-destructive quantification of soil properties, including nutrient levels, has been possible with optica...

Mixed potential sensors were fabriated using yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) as a solid electrolyte and a mixture of Au and various metal oxides as a sensing electrode. The effects of calcination temperature ranging from 600 to 1,000 °C and acid-base properties of the metal oxides on the sensing properties were examined. The selective sensing of ammonia was achieved by modification of the sens...

A selective sampling procedure called distilled sensing (DS) is proposed, and shown to be an effective method for recovering sparse signals in noise. Based on the notion that it is often easier to rule out locations that do not contain signal than it is to directly identify non-zero signal components, DS is a sequential method that systematically focuses sensing resources towards the signal sub...

A selective aptasensor was developed using the electrochemical transduction method for the ultrasensitive detection of cocaine. In this method, dendrimer-quantum dot (Den-QD) bioconjugate was utilized as a specific nanocomposite to efficiently fabricate the aptasensor. CdTe QD, which carries highly significant properties, was immobilized on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE), and po...

Fluorescence chemosensors for selective sensing and quantification of biologically important metal ions have attracted substantial research focus in recent years. Cu(II) is the third most abundant transition ion and...

Infrared photodetectors with spectrally selective response are highly desirable for applications such as hyper-spectral imaging and gas sensing. Owing to the ability of photonic density of states modification and dispersion engineering, photonic crystals appear to be one of the most promising platforms for infrared photodetectors with spectrally-selective absorption enhancement. We report here ...

introduction: photonics refers to the technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. photonic technology in the meridian and acupoints research has shown the unique advantages, by which the microcosmic material basis and macroscopic phenomena research can be integrated to interpret the occurrence of propagated sensation along me...

A luminescent two-dimensional (2D) coordination polymer is demonstrated to be a selective sensing material for the straightforward detection of nitrobenzene via a redox fluorescence quenching mechanism.

Hybrid mesoporous systems containing a gate-like ensemble functionalised with imidazolium groups and a dye are used for the selective colorimetric sensing of long-chain carboxylates.

The selective detection of cysteine and homocysteine over glutathione and other amino acids was demonstrated with an 8-MeS-BODIPY probe by mimicking the native chemical ligation approach, which allowed the selective and ratiometric fluorescence sensing of cysteine over other biothiols at physiologically relevant concentrations and in different organs of a zebrafish.