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ArticleBiosensors2023

Sensing Bioavailable Water Content of Granulated Matrices: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study.

Ria Ghosh, Neha Bhattacharyya, Amrita Banerjee, Lopamudra Roy, Debdatta Mukherjee, Soumendra Singh, Arpita Chattopadhyay, Tapan Adhikari, Samir Kumar Pal

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Article in Biosensors, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Ria GhoshDepartment of Chemical, Biological and Macromolecular Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 700106, India.
Neha BhattacharyyaDepartment of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700009, India.
Amrita BanerjeeDepartment of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India.
Lopamudra RoyDepartment of Applied Optics and Photonics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700009, India.
Debdatta MukherjeeDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, India.
Soumendra SinghDepartment of Chemical, Biological and Macromolecular Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 700106, India.
Arpita ChattopadhyayDepartment of Basic Science and Humanities, Techno International, Kolkata 700156, India.
Tapan AdhikariIndian Institute of Soil Science Nabibagh, Bhopal 462038, India.
Samir Kumar PalDepartment of Chemical, Biological and Macromolecular Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 700106, India.

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ICAR, NASF NASF/NRM-8031/2020-21
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper represents the synthesis, characterization and validation of a cobalt chloride functionalised nano-porous cellulose membrane, a unique sensor for non-contact measurement of water potential in various biomedical and environmentally important matrices. The developed nano sensor, along with associated electronic components, is assembled as a prototype device called "MEGH" (Measuring Essential Good Hydration) to measure essential hydration of matrices of both environmental and biomedical importance, including soil and human skin. The relative humidity above the soil surface in equilibrium with the soil moisture has been studied for both hydrophobic and hydrophilic soil types. Our studies confirm that the percentage of water available to plants is greater in hydrophobic soil rather than in hydrophilic soil, which has also been corroborated using simulation studies. Furthermore, the requirement of hydration in human skin has also been evaluated by measuring the water potential of both dry and moist skin.

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SoilWaterHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsSoilWaternano sensornon-contactnon-invasiverelative humiditysoil moisturewater potential

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PMCPMC9953787

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