In the present work, a novel, portable and innovative eNose composed of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor array based on zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, ZIF-8 and ZIF-67 nanocrystals (pure and combined with gold nanoparticles), as sensitive layers has been tested as a non-invasive system to detect different disease markers, such as acetone, ethanol and ammonia, related to the diagnosis and control of diabetes mellitus through exhaled breath. The sensors have been prepared by spin coating, achieving continuous sensitive layers at the surface of the SAW device. Low concentrations (5 ppm, 10 ppm and 25 ppm) of the marker analytes were measured, obtaining high sensitivities, good reproducibility, short time response and fast signal recovery.

We describe a method for obtaining the refractive index (RI), size, and concentration of nonabsorbing nanoparticles in suspension from relatively simple optical measurements. The method requires measuring the complex effective RI of two dilute suspensions of the particles in liquids of different refractive indices. We describe the theoretical basis of the proposed method and provide experimental results validating the procedure.

In the present work a novel, portable and innovative eNose composed of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor array based ZIF-8, and ZIF-67 nanocrystals (pure and combined with gold nanoparticles) as sensitive layers has been tested as a non-invasive system to detect and differentiate disease markers, such as acetone, ethanol and ammonia, related with early diagnosis of diabetes mellitus through exhaled breath. The sensors have been prepared by spin coating, achieving continuous and homogenous sensitive layers. Low concentrations (5 ppm, 10 ppm and 25ppm) of the marker analytes were measured, obtaining high sensitivities, good reproducibility, short time response and fast signal recovery.

In this work we assess experimentally a new methodology for sizing non-absorbing colloidal particles in situ. It requires measuring the real and imaginary part of the effective refractive index per unit volume fraction occupied by the particles. The mean size and refractive e index of the particles are determined from a suitable model for the effective refractive index of dilute colloids. We present results of experiments made with polystyrene and silica nano-particles and compare them with dynamic light scattering and electron microscopy measurements.

In this paper, we present a displacement sensor using a Herriott cell designed with the cylindrical deformable mirrors. A movable object modifies one of the mirror's curvature and position in the cell, thus changing the angular path of the output beam that is measured with the knife edge technique. The design results in a compact device with easy manufacturing process for the mirrors. We achieve a sensitivity of -1.7 μW/μm over the range of 100 μm with a precision of 3.0 μm. The use of a Herriott cell to measure displacements allows the modification of the sensitivity and range of the sensor according to the number of incidences.