SENSORS AND MICROSYSTEMS

SENSORS AND MICROSYSTEMS
Proceedings of the 11th Italian Conference

Lecce, Italy, 8 - 10 February 2006

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
CHEMICALS SENSORS
TUNABLE DIODE LASER SPECTROMETERS (TDLS'S) AS AIRBORNE IN-SITU SENSORS FOR STRATOSPHERIC TRACE GASES F. D'AMATO, P. MAZZINGHI, S. VICIANI and P. W. WERLE	1
Self-Organization of Tetraphenylporphyrin on HOPG: Unprecedented Double-Layer Pattern Driven by Adsorption Compression Donato Monti, Gianfranco Ercolani, Roberto Paolesse, Manuela Scarselli, Paola Castrucci and Maurizio De Crescenzi	6
A room temperature Pt/In₂O₃-based oxygen sensor A. Bonavita, G. Neri, G. Micali, G. Rizzo, N. Pinna and M. Niederberger	13
A study of mass effect in a cavitand supramolecular sensor E. Sgreccia, A. Macagnano, E. Dalcanale, C. Di Natale and R. Paolesse	18
Polymer Coated Long Period Gratings: New Perspectives as High Sensitivity Chemical Sensors A. Cusano, A. Iadicicco, P. Pilla, L. Contessa, A. Cutolo, S. Campopiano and M. Giordano	23
Optical Fiber Sensors For Hydrogen Detection At Cryogenic Temperatures M. Consales, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, S. Campopiano, M. Penza, P. Aversa, G. Cassano and M. Giordano	28
Silicon p⁺n mesa junction with a porous layer as sensing element G. Barillaro, A. Diligenti and L. M. Strambini	33
Influence of solvent on thin film composite morphologies and sensing properties A. De Girolamo Del Mauro, L. Quercia, F. Loffredo and G. Di Francia	38
Gas sensing properties of nanostructured titania: a comparative study of different preparation methods G. Neri, A. Bonavita, G. Micali, F. A. Deorsola, I. Amato and B. De Benedetti	43
Hydrocarbon Sensing Device Based on Binary Metal Oxides S. Kandasamy, A. Trinchi, W. Wlodarsky, E. Comini, G. Sberveglieri, L. Pandolfi and S. Kaciulis	48
Multi–Cavity Structured FBGs: Towards Advanced Chemical Sensing Devices A. Iadicicco, D. Paladino, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, S. Campopiano and M. Giordano	53
Belgian beer mapping and digital fingerprinting using color and turbidity assessment A. G. Mignani and L. Ciaccheri	58
A portable fluorometer for the rapid screening of M1 aflatoxin in milk C. Cucci, A. G. Mignani, C. Dall'Asta, G. Galaverna, A. Dossena, R. Marchelli and R. Pela	63
Quality monitoring of extra-virgin olive oil using an optical sensor A. G. Mignani, L. Ciaccheri, A. A. Mencaglia, R. Paolesse, C. Di Natale, A. Del Nobile, R. Benedetto and A. Mentana	68
Spectral Interrogation of Optical Metal-Cladding Waveguides for Chemical Sensing R. Bernini, F. Mottola, A. Minardo and L. Zeni	73
Application of Quality Standard for the planning, design and realisation of thick film gas sensors M. BuzzolaniI, M. Butturi, C. Malagù, G. Martinelli and B. Vendemiati	78
A Photonic Bandgap Fiber Sensor Based On Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes As Sensing Material M. Pisco, M. Consales, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, S. Campopiano, M. Giordano, M. Penza, P. Aversa and G. Cassano	81
Synthesis and selective nucleoside recognition of a new substituted zinc-phthalocyanine Luigia Longo, Giuseppe Vasapollo, Rosaria Anna Picca and Cosimino Malitesta	86
Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterial as sensitive platform to assemble selective chemical sensors for NO₂ detection Vanessa Biagiotti, Federica Valentini, Danila Moscone and Giuseppe Palleschi	91
Modified p-type NiO thin films using Pt- and Au-overlayers for H₂ sensing S. Capone, P. Siciliano, A. M. Taurino, I. Hotovy and V. Rehacek	97
Multilayered metal oxide thin film gas sensors obtained by conventional and RF plasma-assisted laser ablation V. Marotta, S. Orlando and B. Mitu	102
A new competitive technique for the production of porphyrin thin films: the Glow Discharge induced Sublimation (GDS) M. Tonezzer, A. Quaranta, G. Della Mea, G. Maggioni and S. Carturan	107
Optical Sensing to Organic Vapors of Fluorinated Polyimide Nanocomposites containing Silver Nanoclusters S. Carturan, M. Bonafini, G. Maggioni, A. Quaranta, M. Tonezzer, G. Della Mea, G. Mattei, C. de Julián Fernandez and P. Mazzoldi	112
PHYSICAL SENSORS
SOLID STATE DIRECTIONAL ANEMOMETER FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS P. BRUSCHI, N. NIZZA, M. PIOTTO and M. SCHIPANI	117
A Focal Plane Array based on CMOS Uncooled Thermoelectric Infrared Detectors C. Calaza, N. Viarani, G. Pedretti, M. Gottardi, V. Zanini and A. Simoni	122
A 2-D PLANAR MICROFLUXGATE WITH SPUTTERED CORE Andrea Baschirotto, Enrico Melissano, Pietro Siciliano, Enrico Dallago, Piero Malcovati, Marco Marchesi and Giuseppe Venchi	127
An optical probe for RF electric field Lucio Ciccarelli and Mario Medugno	132
Coated Fiber Bragg Grating As High Sensitivity Hydrophone Salvatore D'Addio, Andrea Cusano, Antonello Cutolo, Stefania Campopiano, Michele Giordano, Mario Balbi and Sergio Balzarini	137
Strain Measurements in Porous Silicon by Raman Scattering M. A. FERRARA, L. SIRLETO, G. MESSINA, M. G. DONATO, L. ROTIROTI and I. RENDINA	142
Fiber Bragg Gratings and Magnetic Shape Memory alloys: a Novel High Sensitivity Magnetic Sensor C. Ambrosino, P. Capoluongo, D. Davino, C. Visone, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, S. Campopiano and M. Giordano	147
A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT MODEL FOR THERMAL SENSORS SIMULATION F. MANCARELLA, A. RONCAGLIA, M. PASSINI, G. C. CARDINALI and M. SEVERI	152
Characterization of a Point-Wise Close Electric Field Sampling System exploiting the Electro-Optic Effect Lucio Rossi, G. Breglio, A. Irace and P. Spirito	157
On The Realization Of Chromium Silicide Stress Sensor D. Caputo, G. de Cesare, A. Nascetti and R. Scipinotti	162
BIOSENSORS
Nanogravimetric Immunodetection of Gliadin by μLibra Balance F. Olimpico, M. Pighini, S. Bernardi, A. Scarpa and S. Greco	167
INTEGRATED SILICON MICRO FLOW CYTOMETER BASED ON HOLLOW ARROW WAVEGUIDES R. Bernini, E. De Nuccio, A. Minardo, L. Zeni and P. M. Sarro	172
Properties of heme c containing enzyme layer self-assembled on planar metallic electrodes S. Kaciulis, A. Mezzi, A. Galdikas, V. Bukauskas, A. Mironas, A. Šetkus, V. Laurinavičius, R. Meškys and J. Razumienė	177
Detection of labelled DNA based on amorphous silicon devices D. Caputo, G. de Cesare, A. Nascetti, R. Scipinotti, R. Negri and A. Tarquini	182
Carbamate, triazinic and benzotriazinic pesticide analysis using an inhibition tyrosinase organic phase enzyme sensor Luigi Campanella, Elisabetta Martini, Dalina Lelo and Mauro Tomassetti	187
DNA-BASED PIEZOELECTRIC BIOSENSOR FOR Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) DETECTION D. Dell'Atti, M. Minunni, S. Tombelli, M. Mascini, A. Cavazzana, M. Zavaglia and G. Bevilacqua	193
User Friendly Electrochemical Hand-Held Device For Durum Wheat Safety Michele Del Carlo, Marcello Mascini, Dario Compagnone and Angelo Visconti	198
Determination of immunoglobulin G in human serum by means of an immunosensor fitted with an enzymatic probe as detector and a Clark electrode as transducer Luigi Campanella, Elisabetta Martini and Mauro Tomassetti	203
SPR IMAGING TECHNIQUE: A STUDY ON DNA-DNA BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS M. G. Manera, J. Spadavecchia, R. Rella, A. Leone, D. Dell'Atti, M. Minunni and M. Mascini	209
MICRO- AND NANO-TECHNOLOGY: MATERIALS AND PROCESS
LAB-ON-CHIP INTEGRATED GENETIC ANALYSIS R. Aina, G. Barlocchi, M. Cattaneo, P. Corona, A. Fischetti, M. Marchi, U. Mastromatteo, M. Palmieri, M. Pesaturo, F. Villa and A. Vinay	217
Use of Cavitands as Selective Adsorbing Materials in GC-like Air Quality Monitoring Microsystems S. Zampolli, I. Elmi, G. C. Cardinali, M. Severi, E. Dalcanale and P. Betti	222
Fast optical detection of chemical substances in integrated silicon-glass chip L. DE STEFANO, I. REA, L. ROTIROTI, K. MALECKI, I. RENDINA, L. MORETTI and F. G. DELLA CORTE	227
CMOS SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE FOR IMAGING APPLICATIONS M. Scandiuzzo, D. Stoppa, A. Simoni, L. Pancheri and G.-F. Dalla Betta	232
Design of a MEMS Test-Structure for Stress Characterization by Capacitive Read-out Marco Bellei, Roberto Gaddi and Antonio Gnudi	237
Controlling sensing properties of composite polymers using different conductive nanoparticles Anna Castaldo, Ettore Massera, Luigi Quercia and Girolamo Di Francia	242
BIOSENSORS BASED ON NANO ELECTRODE ENSEMBLE AND SCREEN PRINTED SUBSTRATES W. VASTARELLA, M. DE LEO, J. MALY, A. MASCI, L. M. MORETTO and R. PILLOTON	247
Buried Microchannels by Electrochemical Etching of Silicon G. Barillaro and A. Nannini	252
Gas Sensing Properties of Metal-oxide/Organic Hybrid Materials grown by Supersonic Beam Deposition F. Siviero, N. Coppedè, L. Aversa, M. Nardi, A. Pallaoro, T. Toccoli, R. Verucchi, S. Iannotta, A. M. Taurino and P. Siciliano	257
Focused Ion Beam in Gas Sensor Technology Vera La Ferrara, Ivana Nasti, Ettore Massera, Brigida Alfano and Girolamo Di Francia	262
PROCESS DEPENDENCE OF DOPED POLYSILICON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY FOR THERMAL MEMS APPLICATIONS F. MANCARELLA, A. RONCAGLIA, S. CRISTIANI, G. C. CARDINALI and M. SEVERI	267
GAS SENSING SYSTEM CONSISTING IN MOX-BASED MICROSENSORS INTERFACED TO A NOVEL INTEGRATED 5-DECADE DYNAMIC RANGE FRONT-END Marco Grassi, Piero Malcovati, Simonetta Capone, Luca Francioso, Pietro Siciliano and Andrea Baschirotto	272
Polymeric Replicas from Porous Silicon Template (and Its Response to Vapour) Vera La Ferrara, Ivana Nasti, Ettore Massera and Girolamo Di Francia	278
A Software Tool for the Simulation of IPMC Actuators and Sensors C. Bonomo, L. Fortuna, P. Giannone, S. Graziani, S. Strazzeri, D. Harvey and G. S. Virk	282
Synthesis and Characterization of Imprinted TiO₂ Nanoparticles: Preliminary results Rosaria Anna Picca, Cosimino Malitesta and Daniela Manno	287
A SINGLE CHIP GENERAL PURPOSE CIRCUIT FOR SENSOR INTERFACING AND CHARACTERIZATION M. Schipani, T. Ungaretti, P. Bruschi and N. Nizza	292
A Three-Axis Low-g Ultracompact Linear Accelerometer F. Dalena, G. Roselli and P. Flora	297
Vehicle Health and Comfort Level Measurement: A Preliminary Study Fabio Lo Castro, Arnaldo D'Amico and Giovanni Brambilla	302
Forced Damping Vibration of a Cantilever Beam Fabio Lo Castro and Paolo Bisegna	307
IMPROVED CAPILLARIES CONNECTION TO A CONTINUOUS FLOW GLASS MICROMACHINED MICRO-CELL W. VASTARELLA, M. ILIE, L. NARDI, A. MASCI, R. PILLOTON, E. CIANCI, S. QUARESIMA, A. COPPA and V. FOGLIETTI	312
SENSOR ARRAY AND MULTISENSORIAL SYSTEMS
SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) BY MEANS OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL DISPOSABLE MULTIARRAY SENSOR Sonia Centi, Serena Laschi, Ilaria Palchetti and Marco Mascini	317
Integrated Microgravimetric Set-up for Chemical Sensing G. Pioggia, F. Di Francesco, G. Campobello, G. Cannatà, N. Donato, A. Bonavita, G. Micali and G. Neri	322
In-Situ monitoring of Volcanic Gases at Solfatara crater with hybrid e-nose S. De Vito, E. Massera, L. Quercia and G. Di Francia	328
Monitoring of Airborne Fine Particles and NOx Beside a Major Road M. C. Carotta, E. Ferrari, S. Gherardi, C. Malagù, M. Piga, G. Martinelli and A. Rosignoli	334
A DYNAMIC-ELEMENT MATCHED CCII FOR SMART SENSORS Giuseppe Ferri, Vincenzo Stornelli, Andrea De Marcellis, Christian Falconi and Arnaldo D'Amico	339
Multisensor Layout for Robots in Hostile Environments Claudio Moriconi and Marco Santoro	344
SENSOR NETWORK AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR SENSORS
WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS OVERVIEW, LOOKING AT THE ZIGBEE ARCHITECTURE Danilo Blasi, Vincenzo Cacace, Luca Casone and Marco Rizzello	349
MOTES SENSOR NETWORKS IN DYNAMIC SCENARIOS: A PERFORMANCE STUDY FOR PERVASIVE APPLICATIONS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS M. CONTI, E. GREGORI, G. VALENTE, G. ANASTASI and C. SPAGONI	354
PORTABLE SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR CONFIGURING A IEEE 802.15.4 WSN WITH MOBILE DEVICES Marco Rizzello, Anna Gentile and Federico Vergori	359
Low-Power Sensor Front-End Electronics With RFID Communication Capabilities For Food Logistic Datalogging Applications M. Cicioni, A. Scorzoni, F. Alimenti, P. Placidi, L. Roselli, S. Zampolli, I. Elmi, G. C. Cardinali, M. Severi, S. Marco, J. M. Gómez, F. Palacio, B. Mazzolai, A. Mondini, V. Raffa, V. Mattoli, P. Dario, R. Ingles Bort, J. L. Ramirez, E. Llobet, E. Abad and T. Becker	364
A Neural Spectral Classifier for Optical Sensors Mario Medugno	369
Design of a wireless sensor network for urban pollution monitoring G. Barillaro, P. Bruschi, R. G. Garroppo, S. Giordano, A. Molfese and F. Pieri	374
Application of Multi-sensor Miniaturized System for Olive Oil Evaluation M. Zuppa, A. M. Taurino, C. Distante, S. Capone, L. Francioso, D. Presicce and P. Siciliano	379
LOW VOLTAGE LOW POWER IMPROVED CCII BASED INTERFACE FOR MEASURE AND HEATING CONTROL OF RESISTIVE SENSORS Giuseppe Ferri, Vincenzo Stornelli, Andrea De Marcellis and Fabrizio Mancini	384
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