Novel Spiral and Embracing IDE Capacitive Sensors for In Situ Measurement of Soil Moisture.

Yu Xu, Yiqi He, Xizheng Li, Youchao Tu, Kun Zhang, Yuyang Liu, Yue Sun

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. 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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Advances in Calibration Methods for FDR-Based Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Yu XuCollege of Physical and Electronic Engineering, Xingyang Normal University, Nan Hu Road 237, Xingyang 464099, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2156-3614

Yiqi HeCollege of Physical and Electronic Engineering, Xingyang Normal University, Nan Hu Road 237, Xingyang 464099, China.

Xizheng LiCollege of Physical and Electronic Engineering, Xingyang Normal University, Nan Hu Road 237, Xingyang 464099, China.ORCID 0009-0009-5215-6895

Youchao TuCollege of Physical and Electronic Engineering, Xingyang Normal University, Nan Hu Road 237, Xingyang 464099, China.

Kun ZhangCollege of Physical and Electronic Engineering, Xingyang Normal University, Nan Hu Road 237, Xingyang 464099, China.

Yuyang LiuCollege of Physical and Electronic Engineering, Xingyang Normal University, Nan Hu Road 237, Xingyang 464099, China.

Yue SunCollege of Physical and Electronic Engineering, Xingyang Normal University, Nan Hu Road 237, Xingyang 464099, China.

Funding

Key Technologies R&D Program of Henan Province 2024102221046

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel capacitive interdigital electrode (IDE) sensor for the in-situ measurement of soil moisture is presented. Two planar electrode configurations, spiral and embracing, were designed and evaluated through modeling, simulation, fabrication, and experimental validation. Compared with conventional circular and square electrodes, the proposed structures exhibited higher sensitivity and greater electric field penetration, with the spiral configuration offering the advantage of easier fabrication. The experimental results demonstrated that the calibrated spiral IDE sensor achieved a coefficient of determination (R

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fringe field capacitive sensorin situ measurementsensitivitysoil moisturespiral electrode

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PMID41600336

DOI10.3390/s26020541

PMCPMC12846296

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