Just Published: Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical

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Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical
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Selected papers from the latest issue:

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Sensing behavior of Al and Si doped BC3 graphenes to formaldehyde   Original Research Article Available online 1 March 2013 Javad Beheshtian, Ali Ahmadi Peyghan, M. Noei

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Enhanced Acetone Gas-sensing Performance of La2O3-doped Flowerlike ZnO Structure Composed of Nanorods   Original Research Article Available online 1 March 2013 Jian-Qun He, Jing Yin, Dong Liu, Le-Xi Zhang, Feng-Shi Cai, Li-Jian Bie

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Resolution of amino acid mixtures by an array of potentiometric sensors based on boronic acid derivative in a SIA flow system   Original Research Article Available online 1 March 2013 M. Jańczyk, A. Kutyła-Olesiuk, X. Cetó, M. del Valle, P. Ciosek, W. Wróblewski Highlights ► Quantitative analysis of amino acids mixtures by a flow-through electronic tongue. ► Flow-through sensor array coupled with Sequential Injection Analysis system. ► Miniaturized ion-selective electrodes based on phenylboronic acid and ion exchanger. ► Data processing involving the extraction of dynamic components of transient response. ► Simultaneous determination of phenylalanine, tyrosine, ornithine and glutamic acid.

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Diazonium modified gold microelectrodes onto polyimide substrates for impedimetric cytokine detection with an integrated Ag/AgCl reference electrode   Original Research Article Available online 1 March 2013 Abdoullatif Baraket, Michael Lee, Nadia Zine, Monique Sigaud, Nourdin Yaakoubi, Maria. Giovanna Trivella, Miguel Zabala, Joan Bausells, Nicole Jaffrezic- Renault, Abdelhamid Errachid

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Electrochemical DNA-biosensors: two-electrode setup well adapted for miniaturized devices    Available online 1 March 2013 M. Lazerges, V.T. Tal, P. Bigey, D. Scherman, F. Bedioui

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An LTCC-based microfluidic system for label-free, electrochemical detection of cortisol   Original Research Article Available online 1 March 2013 Abhay Vasudev, Ajeet Kaushik, Yuichi Tomizawa, Nicolas Norena, Shekhar Bhansali

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Effect of edge plane sites, oxygenated species and metallic impurities upon the electroactivity of carbon nanotube-modified electrodes towards hydrazine   Original Research Article Available online 1 March 2013 Alberto Sánchez Arribas, Mónica Moreno, Marta Martínez-Fernández, Esperanza Bermejo, Antonio Zapardiel, Manuel Chicharro Highlights ► Electroactivity of carbon nanotubes towards hydrazine is revised ► Edge plane sites and oxygenated species greatly influence the electrochemical response ► Metal oxide impurities have a relevant contribution when found in quite amount ► The activity of iron oxides can be removed by a simple voltammetric pretreatment.

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Curling-like Bi2WO6 microdiscs with lamellar structure for enhanced gas-sensing properties   Original Research Article Available online 1 March 2013 Zheng Lou, Jianan Deng, Lili Wang, Lijie Wang, Tong Zhang

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Highly-sensitive and selective colorimetric sensor for amino acids chiral recognition based on molecularly imprinted photonic polymers   Original Research Article Available online 1 March 2013 Yin-Xia Zhang, Pin-Yi Zhao, Li-Ping Yu

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Controlled Particle Positioning Using Liquid Film Squeeze Flow   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Matthew Pomaroff, Adrian Neild

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Paper ID: 2003 Evaporation rate of drop arrays within a digital microfluidic system   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Laurent Davoust, Johannes Theisen

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Highly sensitive formaldehyde sensors based on catalyst added porous films fabricated by plasma spray physical vapor deposition   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Kazuyuki Iizuka, Makoto Kambara, Toyonobu Yoshida

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Hydrogen Peroxide Detection under Physiological Conditions by Prussian Blue Stabilized using a Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complex Matrix   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Carina Gaviglio, Fernando Battaglini

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Patterning and electrical interfacing of individually controllable conducting polymer microactuators   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Edwin W.H. Jager, Nirul Masurkar, Nnamdi Felix Nworah, Babita Gaihre, Gursel Alici, Geoffrey M. Spinks

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Preparation of copper oxide nanowire-based conductometric chemical sensors   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 D. Zappa, E. Comini, R. Zamani, J. Arbiol, J.R. Morante, G. Sberveglieri

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Non-aggregation colorimetric sensor for detecting vitamin C based on surface plasmon resonance of gold nanorods   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Xin-Xing Wang, Shu-Lian Jiang, Li Jiao, Li-Ping Lin, Ma-lin Cui, Xiao-Yang Zhang, Jia-Ming Liu, Li-Hong Zhang, Zhi-Yong Zheng

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Highly sensitive humidity sensor based on a high surface area mesoporous LaFeO3 prepared by a nanocasting route   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Jing Zhao, Yinping Liu, Xiaowei Li, Geyu Lu, Lu You, Xishuang Liang, Fengmin Liu, Tong Zhang, Yu Du

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Performance Enhancement Mechanisms of Passivated InN/GaN-Heterostructured Ion-Selective Field-Effect-Transistor pH Sensors   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Ching-Ting Lee, Ying-Shuo Chiu, Xin-Qiang Wang

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Mesoporous Assembled SnO2 Nanospheres: Controlled Synthesis, Structural Analysis and Ethanol Sensing Investigation   Original Research Article Available online 28 February 2013 Yun Kuang, Guobing Chen, Xiaodong Lei, Liang Luo, Xiaoming Sun

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High Density CMOS Electrode Array for High-throughput and Automated Cell Counting   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 Tze Sian Pui, Yu Chen, Chee Chung Wong, Revanth Nadipalli, Roshan Weerasekera, Sunil K. Arya, Hao Yu, Abdur R.A. Rahman

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Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-based Piezoelectric Sensor for Enantio-selective Analysis of Malic acid Isomers   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 Bhim Bali Prasad, Indu Pandey

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An Electrochemical Immunosensor based on gold nanoparticle tags for picomolar detection of c-Myc oncoprotein   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 Jing-Lin He, Yan-Fei Tian, Zhong Cao, Wei Zou, Xin Sun

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Morphology-controllable synthesis, characterization and sensing properties of single-crystal molybdenum trioxide   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 Peng Song, Qi Wang, Jia Li, Zhongxi Yang

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Growth of graphene-like films for NO2 detection   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 S.V. Samsonau, S.D. Shvarkov, F. Meinerzhagen, A.D. Wieck, A.M. Zaitsev

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Two-layer microdevice for parallel flow-through PCRs employing plastic syringes for semi-automated sample injection and a single heater for amplification: toward process simplification and system miniaturization   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 Wenming Wu, Nae Yoon Lee Graphical abstract Gas-permeable nature of the PDMS material combined with its innate low thermal conductivity ensures on-chip parallel flow-through PCRs in a semi-automated manner simply by utilizing disposable plastic syringes and a single commercialized hot plate

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A Fully Integrated Wireless CMOS Microcantilever Lab Chip for Detection of DNA from Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 Che-Wei Huang, Hsiao-Ting Hsueh, Yu-Jie Huang, Hsin-Hao Liao, Hann-Huei Tsai, Ying-Zong Juang, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Shey-Shi Lu, Chih-Ting Lin

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Ozone gas sensor based on nanocrystalline SrTi1-xFexO3 thin films   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 Valmor R. Mastelaro, Sérgio C. Zílio, Luis F. da Silva, Pedro I. Pelissari, Maria I.B. Bernardi, Jacques Guerin, Khalifa Aguir

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Fluorescence ON/OFF Switching Zn2+ Sensor Based on Pyridine–Pyridone Scaffold   Original Research Article Available online 27 February 2013 Masayori Hagimori, Takuhiro Uto, Naoko Mizuyama, Takashi Temma, Yasuchika Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Tominaga, Hideo Saji

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Platinum Thin Film Electrodes for High-Temperature Chemical Sensor Applications   Original Research Article Available online 26 February 2013 Engin Çiftyürek, Katarzyna Sabolsky, Edward M. Sabolsky Highlights ► The degradation of Pt films with various adhesion layers was investigated. ► The migration behaviors of the adhesion layers within Pt were determined by XPS. ► The application of an Hf adhesion layer for Pt-IDEs was shown. ► The Hf/L-Zr-Pt multilayer film remained highly conductive up to 1200°C for 48h. ► A lift-off technique was used to produce sensor electrodes with the optimum microstructure.

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A rapid bacteria detection technique utilizing impedance measurement combined with positive and negative dielectrophoresis   Original Research Article Available online 26 February 2013 R. Hamada, H. Takayama, Y. Shonishi, L. Mao, M. Nakano, J. Suehiro

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Detection of sample conductivity and bacterial presence using inductive microcoils. Effect of device size and geometry   Original Research Article Available online 26 February 2013 Susanna Martínez, Francesc-Xavier Muñoz-Pascual, Eva Baldrich