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ArticleMicromachines2025

A Versatile SAW Sensor-Based Modular and Portable Platform for a Multi-Sensor Device.

Ángel López-Luna, Patricia Arroyo, Daniel Matatagui, Carlos Sánchez-Vicente, Jesús Lozano

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Article in Micromachines, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ángel López-LunaIndustrial Engineering School, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.ORCID 0009-0008-0941-963X
Patricia ArroyoIndustrial Engineering School, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5918-1788
Daniel MatataguiInstituto de Magnetismo Aplicado (IMA), Universidad Complutense de Madrid-Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (UCM-ADIF), A-6, 900, 28232 Las Rozas, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3139-3778
Carlos Sánchez-VicenteInstitute for Physical and Information Technologies (ITEFI), CSIC, Serrano 144, 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7665-1075
Jesús LozanoIndustrial Engineering School, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0905-9546

Funding

Agencia Estatal de Investigación MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents the development and characterization of a novel electronic nose system based on customized surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors. The system includes four sensors, customized with different custom polymer coatings, in order to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The main innovation lies in the design of a robust and versatile switching electronics system that allows for the integration of the SAW sensors into portable systems, as well as interoperability with other gas sensor technologies. The system includes a modular architecture that allows multiple sensor arrays to be combined to improve the selectivity and discrimination of complex gas mixtures. To verify the proper performance of the system and the detection capability of the manufactured sensors, experimental laboratory tests have been carried out. Specifically, ethanol and acetone measurements up to a 2000 ppm concentration have been performed. These preliminary experimental results demonstrate the capability of the SAW sensors with different response patterns across the sensor array. In particular, the sensor made with the polyvinyl acetate polymer exhibits high sensitivity to both VOCs.

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electronic noseheterodyne systemSAW

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PMID40047631
PMCPMC11857818

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