Optimization of SAW and EIS sensors suitable for environmental particulate monitoring. Chiriaco, M. S., Rizzato, S., Primiceri, E., Spagnolo, S., Monteduro, A. G., Ferrara, F., & Maruccio, G. MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 202:31-36, DEC 15, 2018.
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Aerosol particulate matter (PM) is a known risk factor for lung and liver cancer. In particular, PM under 1 mu m in diameter (PM1) is very dangerous for health, affecting the respiratory system with several heavy outcomes and reaching other human districts like liver, where foreign substances are processed. Today PM1 is still difficult to be detected on-field with standard techniques and this paper reports a comparison between two sensing approaches for environmental particulate monitoring, which are suitable for miniaturization and integration into portable and low-cost devices. Specifically, transducers based on surface acoustic waves (SAW) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were comparatively investigated as alternatives to more common but also expensive optical methods. Moreover, their performances were evaluated for the detection of nanoparticles of different dimensions (1 mu m, 200 nm and 40 nm) to mimic different compositions of PM1 and reach a size scale which is an order of magnitude below present literature. Notably, both transduction methods were able to detect the presence of PM1 particulate. The SAW-based approach showed better performances in terms of sensitivity and detection of nanoscale particles, although the EIS strategy has a competitive sensitivity considering also its even lower cost.
@article{ ISI:000452572700005,
Author = {Chiriaco, Maria Serena and Rizzato, Silvia and Primiceri, Elisabetta and
   Spagnolo, Sandro and Monteduro, Anna Grazia and Ferrara, Francesco and
   Maruccio, Giuseppe},
Title = {{Optimization of SAW and EIS sensors suitable for environmental
   particulate monitoring}},
Journal = {{MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING}},
Year = {{2018}},
Volume = {{202}},
Pages = {{31-36}},
Month = {{DEC 15}},
Abstract = {{Aerosol particulate matter (PM) is a known risk factor for lung and
   liver cancer. In particular, PM under 1 mu m in diameter (PM1) is very
   dangerous for health, affecting the respiratory system with several
   heavy outcomes and reaching other human districts like liver, where
   foreign substances are processed. Today PM1 is still difficult to be
   detected on-field with standard techniques and this paper reports a
   comparison between two sensing approaches for environmental particulate
   monitoring, which are suitable for miniaturization and integration into
   portable and low-cost devices. Specifically, transducers based on
   surface acoustic waves (SAW) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
   (EIS) were comparatively investigated as alternatives to more common but
   also expensive optical methods. Moreover, their performances were
   evaluated for the detection of nanoparticles of different dimensions (1
   mu m, 200 nm and 40 nm) to mimic different compositions of PM1 and reach
   a size scale which is an order of magnitude below present literature.
   Notably, both transduction methods were able to detect the presence of
   PM1 particulate. The SAW-based approach showed better performances in
   terms of sensitivity and detection of nanoscale particles, although the
   EIS strategy has a competitive sensitivity considering also its even
   lower cost.}},
DOI = {{10.1016/j.mee.2018.10.008}},
ISSN = {{0167-9317}},
EISSN = {{1873-5568}},
ResearcherID-Numbers = {{Rizzato, Silvia/D-8089-2018
   Chiriaco, Maria Serena/K-6082-2016
   primiceri, elisabetta/P-8842-2015
   Monteduro, Anna Grazia/J-4402-2015}},
ORCID-Numbers = {{Rizzato, Silvia/0000-0002-3908-4796
   Chiriaco, Maria Serena/0000-0002-7195-267X
   primiceri, elisabetta/0000-0002-4196-3538
   Monteduro, Anna Grazia/0000-0002-9265-134X}},
Unique-ID = {{ISI:000452572700005}},
}

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