scholarly journals On the Use of Pulsed UV or Visible Light Activated Gas Sensing of Reducing and Oxidising Species with WO3 and WS2 Nanomaterials

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3736
Author(s):  
Ernesto González ◽  
Juan Casanova-Chafer ◽  
Aanchal Alagh ◽  
Alfonso Romero ◽  
Xavier Vilanova ◽  
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This paper presents a methodology to quantify oxidizing and reducing gases using n-type and p-type chemiresistive sensors, respectively. Low temperature sensor heating with pulsed UV or visible light modulation is used together with the application of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) to extract sensor response features. These features are further processed via principal component analysis (PCA) and principal component regression (PCR) for achieving gas discrimination and building concentration prediction models with R2 values up to 98% and RMSE values as low as 5% for the total gas concentration range studied. UV and visible light were used to study the influence of the light wavelength in the prediction model performance. We demonstrate that n-type and p-type sensors need to be used together for achieving good quantification of oxidizing and reducing species, respectively, since the semiconductor type defines the prediction model's effectiveness towards an oxidizing or reducing gas. The presented method reduces considerably the total time needed to quantify the gas concentration compared with the results obtained in a previous work. The use of visible light LEDs for performing pulsed light modulation enhances system performance and considerably reduces cost in comparison to previously reported UV light-based approaches.

2022 ◽  
Vol 951 (1) ◽  
pp. 012112
Author(s):  
A A Munawar ◽  
Z Zulfahrizal ◽  
R Hayati ◽  
Syahrul

Abstract Cocoa is one of main agricultural products cultivated in many tropical countries and processed onto several derivative products. To determine cocoa beans qualities, laboratory procedures based on solvent extractions were mainly used, however most of them are destructive and may cause environmental pollutions. The main purpose of this present study is to employ near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for rapid and non-destructive assessment of cocoa beans in form of fat content. Near infrared spectral data of cocoa bean samples were measured as diffuse reflectance in wavelength range from 1000 to 2500 nm. Reference fat contents were measured using standard laboratory methods. Prediction models were developed using principal component regression with raw and baseline corrected spectra data. The results showed that fat contents of cocoa beans can be predicted and determined with maximum correlation coefficient (r) of 0.89 and ratio prediction to deviation (RPD) index of 2.87 for raw spectra and r of 0.91, RPD of 3.18 for baseline spectra correction. It may conclude that NIRS was feasible to be applied as a rapid and non-destructive method for cocoa bean quality assessment.


Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1775
Author(s):  
Amol N. Nankar ◽  
M Paul Scott ◽  
Richard C. Pratt

One aim of this experiment was to develop NIR calibrations for 20-grain components in 143 pigmented maize samples evaluated in four locations across New Mexico during 2013 and 2014. Based on reference analysis, prediction models were developed using principal component regression (PCR) and partial least squares (PLS). The predictive ability of calibrations was generally low, with the calibrations for methionine and glycine performing best by PCR and PLS. The second aim was to explore the relationships among grain constituents. In PCA, the first three PCs explained 49.62, 22.20, and 6.92% of the total variance and tend to align with nitrogen-containing compounds (amino acids), carbon-rich compounds (starch, anthocyanin, fiber, and fat), and sulfur-containing compounds (cysteine and methionine), respectively. Correlations among traits were identified, and these relationships were illustrated by a correlation network. Some relationships among components were driven by common synthetic origins, for example, among amino acids derived from pyruvate. Similarly, anthocyanins, crude fat, and fatty acids all share malonyl CoA in their biosynthetic pathways and were correlated. In contrast, crude fiber and starch have similar biosynthetic origins but were negatively correlated, and this may have been due to their different functional roles in structure and energy storage, respectively.


2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (17) ◽  
pp. 4384-4398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Tippett ◽  
Timothy DelSole ◽  
Simon J. Mason ◽  
Anthony G. Barnston

Abstract There are a variety of multivariate statistical methods for analyzing the relations between two datasets. Two commonly used methods are canonical correlation analysis (CCA) and maximum covariance analysis (MCA), which find the projections of the data onto coupled patterns with maximum correlation and covariance, respectively. These projections are often used in linear prediction models. Redundancy analysis and principal predictor analysis construct projections that maximize the explained variance and the sum of squared correlations of regression models. This paper shows that the above pattern methods are equivalent to different diagonalizations of the regression between the two datasets. The different diagonalizations are computed using the singular value decomposition of the regression matrix developed using data that are suitably transformed for each method. This common framework for the pattern methods permits easy comparison of their properties. Principal component regression is shown to be a special case of CCA-based regression. A commonly used linear prediction model constructed from MCA patterns does not give a least squares estimate since correlations among MCA predictors are neglected. A variation, denoted least squares estimate (LSE)-MCA, is suggested that uses the same patterns but minimizes squared error. Since the different pattern methods correspond to diagonalizations of the same regression matrix, they all produce the same regression model when a complete set of patterns is used. Different prediction models are obtained when an incomplete set of patterns is used, with each method optimizing different properties of the regression. Some key points are illustrated in two idealized examples, and the methods are applied to statistical downscaling of rainfall over the northeast of Brazil.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 595-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Arne Smeland ◽  
Kristian Hovde Liland ◽  
Jakub Sandak ◽  
Anna Sandak ◽  
Lone Ross Gobakken ◽  
...  

Untreated wooden surfaces degrade when exposed to natural weathering. In this study thin wood samples were studied for weather degradation effects utilising a hyperspectral camera in the near infrared wavelength range in transmission mode. Several sets of samples were exposed outdoors for time intervals from 0 days to 21 days, and one set of samples was exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation in a laboratory chamber. Spectra of earlywood and latewood were extracted from the hyperspectral image cubes using a principal component analysis-based masking algorithm. The degradation was modelled as a function of UV solar radiation with four regression techniques, partial least squares, principal component regression, Ridge regression and Tikhonov regression. It was found that all the techniques yielded robust prediction models on this dataset. The result from the study is a first step towards a weather dose model determined by temperature and moisture content on the wooden surface in addition to the solar radiation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihua Ying ◽  
Teng Zhang ◽  
Chao Feng ◽  
Fei Wen ◽  
Lili Li ◽  
...  

Abstract This present study reported a high-performance gas sensor, based on In2O3/ZnO composite material modified by polypeptides, with a high sensibility to NO2, where the In2O3/ZnO composite was prepared by a one-step hydrothermal method. A series of results through material characterization technologies showed the addition of polypeptides can effectively change the morphology and size of In2O3/ZnO crystals, and effectively improve the sensing performance of the gas sensors. Due to the single shape and small size, In2O3/ZnO composite modified by polypeptides increased the active sites on the surface. At the same time, the gas sensing properties of four different ratios of polypeptide-modified In2O3/ZnO gas sensors were tested. It was found that the In2O3/ZnO-10 material showed the highest response, excellent selectivity, and good stability at room temperature under UV light. In addition, the response of the In2O3/ZnO-10 gas sensor showed a strong linear relationship with the NO2 gas concentration. When the NO2 gas concentration was 20 ppm, the response time was as quick as 19s, and the recovery time was 57s. Finally, based on the obtained experimental characterization results and energy band structure analysis, a possible gas sensing mechanism is proposed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baijun Xie ◽  
Jonathan C. Kim ◽  
Chung Hyuk Park

This paper presents a method for extracting novel spectral features based on a sinusoidal model. The method is focused on characterizing the spectral shapes of audio signals using spectral peaks in frequency sub-bands. The extracted features are evaluated for predicting the levels of emotional dimensions, namely arousal and valence. Principal component regression, partial least squares regression, and deep convolutional neural network (CNN) models are used as prediction models for the levels of the emotional dimensions. The experimental results indicate that the proposed features include additional spectral information that common baseline features may not include. Since the quality of audio signals, especially timbre, plays a major role in affecting the perception of emotional valence in music, the inclusion of the presented features will contribute to decreasing the prediction error rate.


Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 461
Author(s):  
Philipp Doppler ◽  
Lukas Veiter ◽  
Oliver Spadiut ◽  
Christoph Herwig ◽  
Vignesh Rajamanickam

Monitoring process variables in bioprocesses with complex expression systems, such as filamentous fungi, requires a vast number of offline methods or sophisticated inline sensors. In this respect, cell viability is a crucial process variable determining the overall process performance. Thus, fast and precise tools for identification of key process deviations or transitions are needed. However, such reliable monitoring tools are still scarce to date or require sophisticated equipment. In this study, we used the commonly available size exclusion chromatography (SEC) HPLC technique to capture impurity release information in Penicillium chrysogenum bioprocesses. We exploited the impurity release information contained in UV chromatograms as fingerprints for development of principal component analysis (PCA) models to descriptively analyze the process trends. Prediction models using well established approaches, such as partial least squares (PLS), orthogonal PLS (OPLS) and principal component regression (PCR), were made to predict the viability with model accuracies of 90% or higher. Furthermore, we demonstrated the platform applicability of our method by monitoring viability in a Trichoderma reesei process for cellulase production. We are convinced that this method will not only facilitate monitoring viability of complex bioprocesses but could also be used for enhanced process control with hybrid models in the future.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-66
Author(s):  
Devianti Devianti ◽  
Zulfahrizal Zulfahrizal ◽  
Sufardi Sufardi ◽  
Agus Arip Munawar

Abstract. The functions soil depends on the balances of its structure, nutrients composition as well as other chemical and physical properties. Conventional methods, used to determine nutrients content on agricultural soil were time consuming, complicated sample processing and destructive in nature. Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) has become one of the most promising and used non-destructive methods of analysis in many field areas including in soil science. The main aim of this present study is to apply NIRS in predicting nutrients content of soils in form of total nitrogen (N). Transmittance spectra data were obtained from a total of 18 soil samples from 8 different sites followed by N measurement using standard laboratory method. Principal component regression (PCR) with full cross validation were used to develop and validate N prediction models. The results showed that N content can be predicted very well even with raw spectra data with coefficient correlation (r) and residual predictive deviation index (RPD) were 0.95 and 3.35 respectively. Furthermore, spectra correction clearly enhances and improve prediction accuracy with r = 0.96 and RPD = 3.51. It may conclude that NIRS can be used as fast and simultaneous method in determining nutrient content of agricultural soils.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-511
Author(s):  
Mardiantono Mardiantono ◽  
Fachruddin Fachruddin ◽  
Zulfahrizal Zulfahrizal

Abtrak. Kadar Air merupakan salah satu komponen penting dalam beras ketan putih yang dapat mempengaruhi kualitas dari beras ketan putih. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji dan mengevaluasi teknologi NIRS sebagai metode cepat dan tepat dalam memprediksi kadar air beras ketan dengan metode Principal Component Regression (PCR) serta menentukan metode koreksi spektrum yang terbaik dan akurat untuk memprediksi kadar air beras ketan dengan menggunakan pretreatment De- Trending, Derivative-2, dan Standart Normal Variate (SNV). Penelitian ini menggunakan beras ketan putih yang didapat dari pasar Rukoh Banda Aceh, yang berjumlah 35 sampel. Perlakuan yang diberikan adalah tanpa perendaman, dibasahi, dan perendaman selama 5, 10, 15, 20, dan 25 menit. Prediksi kadar air beras ketan dengan NIRS menggunakan alat self developed FT-IR IPTEK T-1516 dan metode referensi yang digunakan adalah metode gravimetri yang berdasarkan pada Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). Pengolahan data menggunakan Unsclambers sofware® X version 10.5. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa NIRS dengan metode PCR mampu menghasilkan model yang baik untuk pendugaan beras ketan. Penelitian ini menghasilkan empat model pendugaan kadar air beras ketan dimana satu model tergolong very good performance (RPD3) dan tiga model tergolong good model performance (RPD2) sehingga dapat dikatakan bahwa semua model yang dihasilkan layak dan baik untuk pendugaan kadar air beras ketan. Pretreatment terbaik pada penelitian ini adalah Standart Normal Variate (SNV) dengan nilai RPD 3,12, r sebesar 0,95, R2 sebesar 0,89, dan RMSEC sebesar 2,34.Estimation of White Gluttony Rice Rate With NIRS Technology Using Principal Component Regression Method (Pretreatment De-Trending, Derivative-2, dan Standart Normal Variate)Abstract. Water content is one important component in white glutinous rice which can affect the quality of white glutinous rice. This study aims to test and evaluate NIRS technology as a fast and precise method for predicting glutinous rice water content with the Principal Component Regression (PCR) method and determine the best and accurate spectrum correction method for predicting glutinous rice water content using the De-Trending, Derivative pretreatment -2, and Standard Normal Variate (SNV). This study uses white sticky rice obtained from the Rukoh market in Banda Aceh, which amounted to 35 samples. The treatment given is without soaking, soaking, and soaking for 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 minutes. The prediction of glutinous rice moisture content with NIRS uses a self-developed FT-IR IPTEK T-1516 tool and the reference method used is the gravimetric method based on the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). Data processing using Unsclambers software X version 10.5. The results showed that NIRS with the PCR method was able to produce a good model for estimating glutinous rice. This study produced four models of estimation of glutinous rice water content where one model was classified as very good performance (RPD 3) and three models were classified as good model performance (RPD 2) so that it could be said that all the models produced were suitable and good for estimating rice water content sticky rice. The best pretreatment in this study is the Standard Normal Variate (SNV) with an RPD value of 3.12, r of 0.95, R2 of 0.89, and RMSEC of 2.34. 


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