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ArticlePloS one2009

Bio-benchmarking of electronic nose sensors.

Amalia Z Berna, Alisha R Anderson, Stephen C Trowell

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Article in PloS one, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amalia Z BernaCSIRO Entomology and CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Alisha R Anderson
Stephen C Trowell
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · AUACT Government

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundElectronic noses, E-Noses, are instruments designed to reproduce the performance of animal noses or antennae but generally they cannot match the discriminating power of the biological original and have, therefore, been of limited utility. The manner in which odorant space is sampled is a critical factor in the performance of all noses but so far it has been described in detail only for the fly antenna. METHODOLOGY: Here we describe how a set of metal oxide (MOx) E-Nose sensors, which is the most commonly used type, samples odorant space and compare it with what is known about fly odorant receptors (ORs). PRINCIPAL

findingsCompared with a fly's odorant receptors, MOx sensors from an electronic nose are on average more narrowly tuned but much more highly correlated with each other. A set of insect ORs can therefore sample broader regions of odorant space independently and redundantly than an equivalent number of MOx sensors. The comparison also highlights some important questions about the molecular nature of fly ORs.

conclusionsThe comparative approach generates practical learnings that may be taken up by solid-state physicists or engineers in designing new solid-state electronic nose sensors. It also potentially deepens our understanding of the performance of the biological system.

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BenchmarkingBiosensing TechniquesNoseAnimalsDipteraSensory ThresholdsSmell

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PMID19641604
PMCPMC2712691
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