The prostate biopsy method shows a high false negative result because the suspicious tissue considered as cancer is not confirmed during tissue sampling. Thus, repeated biopsy procedures and diagnostic errors in relation to prostate cancer frequently occur. The purpose of this research is to enhance the prostate cancer detection rate by using microfluidic electrical impedance spectroscopy (μEIS...

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We have investigated the role of the grain boundary on the resistive magnetodielectric property of polycrystalline γ -Fe2O3 through impedance spectroscopy measurements. Depending on the sample preparation temperature, the dielectric constant of γ -Fe2O3 is significantly different especially at low frequencies (<104 Hz) and high temperatures (>200 K). The value of the magnetodielectric effect at...

This work describes the development of a new biosensor for the detection of an organophosphate insecticide (Diazinon) in an aqueous medium. The method is based up on the immobilization of Candida Rugosa Lipase enzyme by adsorption on Aluminosilicate in order to incorporate it into a polymeric membrane. The electrical properties of the polymeric membrane have been characterized by electrochemica...

Nanocrystallite α-cordierite glass-ceramics are synthesized using a modified Pechini method. The structural and lattice modes of the products are investigated via XRD and Micro Raman back-scattering spectroscopy. The Debye-Scherrer formula is used to confirm the grain sizes estimated by the SEM slides. Dielectric coefficients calculation and DTA analysis are used to study the synthesized nanocr...

Low loss, flexible, polymer nanocomposites with improved magneto-dielectric properties at radio frequencies (RF) were successfully fabricated. Surfactant-modified nickel zinc iron oxide (NiZnFe2O4) nanoparticles with ferrimagnetic behavior at room temperature were synthesized by a seed-mediated growth method. The surfactant prevented NiZnFe2O4 particle aggregation and provided compatibility wit...

An analysis of the electronic properties of amorphous semiconductor–electrolyte junction is reported for thin (Dox < 20 nm) passive film grown on Nb in acidic electrolyte. It will be shown that the theory of amorphous semiconductor–electrolyte junction (a-SC/El) both in the low band-bending and high band-bending regime is able to explain the admittance data of a-Nb2O5/El interface in a large ra...

The freezing of water in Portland cement paste was investigated using a.c. impedance spectroscopy techniques. Length change and impedance measurements on cooling and warming were obtained simultaneously using a specially designed coupling technique. A new descriptor of frost resistance is described in terms of the high frequency arc depression angle in the impedance plane. Curves of the depress...

In order to develop a robust biosensor based on quartz crystal microbalance technique for antigen detection, a control of the steps of the surface functionalization has been performed by impedance spectroscopy. The gold electrode is functionalized with the self-assembled monolayer technique. The high insulating properties of the acidic thiol monolayer has been characterized with cyclic voltamme...

In this paper we explore relevant electrical properties of two olfactory receptors (ORs), one from rat OR I7 and the other from human OR 17-40, which are of interest for the realization of smell nanobiosensors. The investigation compares existing experiments, coming from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, with the theoretical expectations obtained from an impedance network protein analogue...