Sensors and Their Applications XII [Hardcover]

Sensors and Their Applications XII discusses novel research in the areas of sensors and transducers and provides insight into new and topical applications of this technology. It covers the underlying physics, fabrication technologies, and commercial applications of sensors. Some of the topics discussed include optical sensing, sensing materials, nondestructive monitoring, imaging sensors, system networks, and water quality monitoring.PREFACE

OPTICAL SENSING I
Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Spectroscopic Interrogation for Process Control and Environmental Applications
A Combined Optical Fiber Temperature and Color Sensor for Automation of the Cooking Process in a Large Scale Industrial Oven
Simultaneous and Co-Located Measurement of Strain and Temperature in Optical Fiber Using a Bragg Grating and Strain-Independent Erbium Fluorescence

SYSTEM ON A CHIP
Lab-on-a-Chip Sensors: Polymer Microfabrication for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing
Development of a Fluorescence-Based Biochip for Multianalyte Immunosensing
A Laboratory on a Chip for Test Engineering Education

SENSING MATERIALS
Development of Integrated MEMS Devices
Evaluation of Glass Frit Binder Materials for Use in Thick-Film Magnetostrictive Actuators
A Sensor System for Oil-Water Separators: Materials Considerations
Metallic Triple-Beam Resonant Force Sensor with Thick-Film Printed Piezoelectric Vibration Excitation and Detection Mechanisms

SENSOR APPLICATIONS I
Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP) Measurements for Aerodynamic Applications
Online Fuel Identification Using Optical Sensors and Neural Network Techniques
Use of Flex Sensors in a Hand Function Biofeedback System
EM Wave Monitoring Sensor for the Oil Industry
Novel Gas Sensing for Early Fire Detection

NON-DESTRUCTIVE MONITORING
A Microcontroller-Based Sensor for Measuring Accumulated Fatigue DamaglS'