Output details
12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Manchester : A - Chemical Engineering
Article title
Design of a very large chemical sensor system for mimicking biological olfaction
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Article number
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Volume number
146
Issue number
2
First page of article
446
ISSN of journal
0925-4005
Year of publication
2010
URL
-
Number of additional authors
4
Additional information
Biological olfaction involves processing information from up to 50 million receptors and understanding of the signal processing pathways involved is limited. Here we describe the design and fabrication of the largest array of chemical sensors in existence so far. It consists of 4096 organic semiconducting materials deposited on to a substrate of 4 cm.sq, is expandable up to 16664 sensors and is designed to mimic aspects of the array of sensors found in biological systems. The data acquired allows development and test of computational models of signal processing of olfactory information in the brain of mammals and insects.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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