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Nanofiber Mats From Dna, Swnts, And Poly(Ethylene Oxide) And Their Application In Glucose Biosensors, Jun Chen, Chee O. Too, Gordon G. Wallace, Tuan A Nguyen, Violetta Misoska, Yong Liu Jan 2008

Nanofiber Mats From Dna, Swnts, And Poly(Ethylene Oxide) And Their Application In Glucose Biosensors, Jun Chen, Chee O. Too, Gordon G. Wallace, Tuan A Nguyen, Violetta Misoska, Yong Liu

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Ultrafine fibers with diameters ranging from 50 to 300 nm were prepared from DNA/single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)/poly(ethylene oxide) blended dispersion. Well-defined electrospun fibers were obtained by good control of key dispersion properties related to electrospinning, such as ionic conductivity, surface tension, and viscosity. Raman spectroscopy confirmed the presence of SWNT in the resulting fibers, indicating good interaction between DNA and SWNT. The resulting fibers also exhibited electroactive behavior and could be used as an immobilization matrix for a glucose oxidase enzyme biosensor. The sensor response was linear up to 20 mM glucose with a sensitivity of 2.4 mA cm -2 …


Fabrication Of Chemical Sensors Using Inkjet Printing And Application To Gas Detection, Karl H. Crowley, Aoife Morrin, Malcolm R. Smyth, Anthony J. Killard, Roderick Shepherd, Marc In Het Panhuis, Gordon G. Wallace Jan 2008

Fabrication Of Chemical Sensors Using Inkjet Printing And Application To Gas Detection, Karl H. Crowley, Aoife Morrin, Malcolm R. Smyth, Anthony J. Killard, Roderick Shepherd, Marc In Het Panhuis, Gordon G. Wallace

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

This work describes the fabrication of gas sensors using inkjet printing. Sensors were constructed by building up a film of sensing material, such as polyaniline, from aqueous nanoparticulate dispersions. These films were printed over patterned silver interdigitated array designs for the purposes of conductimetric analysis. Unlike screen printing or lithography, inkjet printing does not require stencils or masks, therefore allowing rapid design and prototyping. For this study, polyaniline and modified polyaniline sensors were inkjet printed and assessed for the purposes of gas sensing applications, specifically hydrogen sulfide monitoring.


Application Of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Alfred Mertins, Le Chung Tran Jan 2008

Application Of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Alfred Mertins, Le Chung Tran

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

This paper examines the application of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes (QOSTFCs) to advance either data rate or error performance in recently proposed Space-Time-Frequency Coded Multiband OFDM Ultra-Wideband (STFC MB-OFDM UWB) communications systems. It is shown that QOSTFCs can provide significantly better error performance, compared to the conventional MB-OFDM UWB (without STFCs) and to the Orthogonal STFCs (OSTFCs) of the same order, at the same data rate, without increasing the total transmission power. In other words, QOSTFCs can provide higher data rates with the same error performance, compared to OSTFCs.


Application Of Fuzzy Narx To Human Gait Modelling And Identification, Seyed Hesami, Fazel Naghdy, David A. Stirling, Harold C. Hill Jan 2008

Application Of Fuzzy Narx To Human Gait Modelling And Identification, Seyed Hesami, Fazel Naghdy, David A. Stirling, Harold C. Hill

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

A new modelling and classification approach for human gait is proposed. Body movements are obtained using a sensor suit recording inertial signals that are subsequently modelled on a humanoid frame with 23 degrees of freedom (DOF). Measured signals include position, velocity, acceleration, orientation, angular velocity and angular acceleration. The identification and modelling method segments the stream of non–linear movement data on the basis of the features extracted from the sensor signals. A model is then created for the movement of every individual. This model is used as a dynamic finger print for that specific individual. In the future stages of …