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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Identification of Two Commercial Pesticides by a Nanoparticle Gas-Sensing Array.

Evangelos Skotadis, Aris Kanaris, Evangelos Aslanidis, Nikos Kalatzis, Fotis Chatzipapadopoulos, Nikolaos Marianos, Dimitris Tsoukalas

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors.

Evangelos SkotadisDepartment of Applied Physics, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7572-4375
Aris KanarisDepartment of Applied Physics, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1009-7507
Evangelos AslanidisDepartment of Applied Physics, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0143-2433
Nikos KalatzisNEUROPUBLIC S.A., 18545 Piraeus, Greece.
Fotis ChatzipapadopoulosNEUROPUBLIC S.A., 18545 Piraeus, Greece.
Nikolaos MarianosNEUROPUBLIC S.A., 18545 Piraeus, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0000-2770
Dimitris TsoukalasDepartment of Applied Physics, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5189-3396

Funding

European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Greek national funds Τ2ΕDK-01949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents the experimental testing of a gas-sensing array, for the detection of two commercially available pesticides (i.e., Chloract 48 EC and Nimrod), towards its eventual use along a commercial smart-farming system. The array is comprised of four distinctive sensing devices based on nanoparticles, each functionalized with a different gas-absorbing polymeric layer. As discussed herein, the sensing array is able to identify as well as quantify three gas-analytes, two pesticide solutions, and relative humidity, which acts as a reference analyte. All of the evaluation experiments were conducted in close to real-life conditions; specifically, the sensors response towards the three analytes was tested in three relative humidity backgrounds while the effect of temperature was also considered. The unique response patterns generated after the exposure of the sensing-array to the two gas-analytes were analyzed using the common statistical analysis tool Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The sensing array, being compact, low-cost, and highly sensitive, can be easily integrated with pre-existing crop-monitoring solutions. Given that there are limited reports for effective pesticide gas-sensing solutions, the proposed gas-sensing technology would significantly upgrade the added-value of the integrated system, providing it with unique advantages.

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NanoparticlesPesticidesPolymersTemperaturePesticidesPolymersbupirimatechemiresistorchlorpyrifose-nosegas sensorsnanoparticlespesticidesmart farmingvapour

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