Spectroscopy - AZoSensors Search

Article - 16 Sep 2018

Nano-sensors are chemical or mechanical sensors used to detect and convey information about the presence of chemical species and nanoparticles.

Selecting a Cut Monitor - Criteria to Consider

Article - 25 Jul 2018

Measuring the percentage of water in oil (water cut) is essential for both downstream and upstream oil production. Presently, numerous technologies are used to measure water cut across a whole range...

Environmental Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

Article - 23 Jul 2018

Environmental monitoring is necessary protect the public and the environment from toxic contaminants and pathogens. This article contains a review of monitoring techniques involving sensors.

Layer Composition in Semiconductors

Article - 31 May 2018

This article discusses the technology that produces empirically tested, quantitative information on the composition of compound semiconductor alloys.

The Improvement of Electronics & Sensors with 2D Materials

Article - 27 Mar 2018

With excellent electronic properties, 2D materials can be highly conductive or have tuneable semiconductor bandgaps.

A New Graphene Sensor for Measuring High Vacuum Pressures

Article - 6 Oct 2017

Many types of sensor now use graphene as the response material and has become a hot area of graphene research. Despite not being the most obvious use of graphene to outsiders, it is an area in which a...

What are Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs)?

Article - 7 Sep 2017

The silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is a radiation detector with very high sensitivity, extremely low time jitter and high efficiency.

New Sensor could Improve Spectroscopy based Detection of Drugs and Explosives

Article - 4 Aug 2017

For years, officials have used infrared spectroscopy to detect trace amounts of performance-enhancing drugs in a blood sample or tiny bits of explosive bomb materials traveling through the air.

Researchers Create Zinc-MOF Photoluminescence Humidity Sensor

Article - 10 Jul 2017

Metal organic frameworks, commonly referred to as MOFs, have gathered a lot of interest in recent years and have already been implemented into various applications to date.

Alcohol Sensor Made from Graphene-Based Thin-Films

Article - 4 Jul 2017

Chemical sensors, of varying composition, are used across a wide range of industries to detect changes within a physical environment. Of the various compositions, graphene sensors have surged of late,...