Exploitation of Chemo-Electrical Transduction Properties of Soil as a Function of Energy Radiation Doses and Temperature: Preliminary Results

Baglieri, Andrea; Gueli, Anna Maria; Pace, Martina; Pasquale, Stefania; Puglisi, Ivana; Trigona, Carlo

doi:10.1109/ssd52085.2021.9429304

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“…For example, as described in [24] where the possibility of using soil as a sensor, with implanted electrodes, was demonstrated. The conversion principle, widely studied in terms of X-ray irradiation, heating procedure and enzymatic activities [31] was based on the modification of the metabolic processes of natural microorganisms within the soil as a function of the external measurand. In [32] authors propose a plant-based sensor for UV-A radiation measurements realized by using a Dimorphotheca ecklonis as a living sensor and, in this case, adopting weak invasive contacts through electrodes inside the soil.…”

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A “Living Sensor” Based on Sansevieria Plant for Measurement of UV-A Radiation

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IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.

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This research activity concerns the development of a sensor based on Sansevieria plants to measure UV-A radiation.The proposed approach is based on soils and plants together with the metabolic processes and bacterial activities involved in such organisms. This generation of devices aims to overcome siliconbased solutions that cause environmental pollution with CO2 emissions during manufacturing and issues of nonbiodegradability and toxicity at the dissemination or end of life phases. The sensor here studied and characterized presents no CO2 emissions during the production, considering the absence of manufacture and foundries processes, and it is also capable to meet the zero-CO2 condition by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide already present in the environment through natural photosynthetic processes. The living sensor based on the Sansevieria and its working principle is studied for the first time in literature, together with the analysis of radiation in the bandwidth of 350-400 nm, the metrological characterization, the features and influences analysis. The results highlight the suitability of the Sansevieria as a self-generating, battery-less sensor based on the metabolic processes in the living system, soil and plant, as a function of the measurand. It is worth noting that the approach followed here has the prerogative of being simple, low-cost, non-toxic, biodegradable, environmentally friendly, and mimetic with a perspective of achieving a huge jump in the development of green measuring systems.

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A “Living Sensor” Based on Sansevieria Plant for Measurement of UV-A Radiation

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Puglisi

Baglieri

et al. 2023

IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.

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Living Sensors: The Greenest Paradigm in Instrumentation and Measurements

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2023

IEEE Instrum. Meas. Mag.

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Measurement of Visible Radiation through a Sansevieria cylindrica-Based “Living Sensor”

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This research activity regards the development of a sensor based on a Sansevieria cylindrica plant for the measurement of visible radiation. The proposed solution, based on the adoption of a soil-plant system as a chemo-electrical transducer, goes beyond “classical” silicon-based approaches that are not biodegradable nor eco-friendly and that produce CO2 from the production step to the disposal phase. It is worth noting that no toxicity can be associated with plants and, due to the natural process of photosynthesis, these systems, used as living sensors, are even able to absorb carbon dioxide from the environment. The working principle of the proposed device based on the metabolic processes of the natural organisms present in the living system, soil and plant, as a function of visible radiation will be presented here. Particular emphasis will be also given to the analysis of the visible radiation spectrum, the metrological characterization, the performance of the device, and the analyses in terms of insensitivity to other external physical quantities. The obtained results evince the suitability of the proposed device which presents the prerogative of being environmentally friendly, self-generating, battery-less, simple, mimetic, low-cost, non-toxic, and biodegradable. The aforementioned features pave the road for a disruptive technological approach for an ecological transition which can impact the variegated applied field, including in the security, cultural heritage, smart home, and smart agriculture aspects.

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Exploitation of Chemo-Electrical Transduction Properties of Soil as a Function of Energy Radiation Doses and Temperature: Preliminary Results

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A “Living Sensor” Based on Sansevieria Plant for Measurement of UV-A Radiation

A “Living Sensor” Based on Sansevieria Plant for Measurement of UV-A Radiation

Living Sensors: The Greenest Paradigm in Instrumentation and Measurements

Measurement of Visible Radiation through a Sansevieria cylindrica-Based “Living Sensor”

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