Smart Sensors for Industrial Applications Devices, Circuits, and Systems Series

Sensor technologies are a rapidly growing area of interest in science and product design, embracing developments in electronics, photonics, mechanics, chemistry, and biology. Their presence is widespread in everyday life, where they are used to sense sound, movement, and optical or magnetic signals. The demand for portable and lightweight sensors is relentless in several industries, from consumer electronics to biomedical engineering to the military. Smart Sensors for Industrial Applications brings together the latest research in smart sensors technology and exposes the reader to myriad applications that this technology has enabled.

Organized into five parts, the book explores:

• Photonics and optoelectronics sensors, including developments in optical fibers, Brillouin detection, and Doppler effect analysis. Chapters also look at key applications such as oxygen detection, directional discrimination, and optical sensing.
• Infrared and thermal sensors, such as Bragg gratings, thin films, and microbolometers. Contributors also cover temperature measurements in industrial conditions, including sensing inside explosions.
• Magnetic and inductive sensors, including magnetometers, inductive coupling, and ferro-fluidics. The book also discusses magnetic field and inductive current measurements in various industrial conditions, such as on airplanes.
• Sound and ultrasound sensors, including underwater acoustic modem, vibrational spectroscopy, and photoacoustics.
• Piezoresistive, wireless, and electrical sensors, with applications in health monitoring, agrofood, and other industries.

Featuring contributions by experts from around the world, this book offers a comprehensive review of the groundbreaking technologies and the latest applications and trends in the field of smart sensors.

Part I Photonic and Optoelectronics Sensors: Optical Fiber Sensors: Devices and Techniques. Microstructured and Solid Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors. Optical Fiber Sensors and Interrogation Systems for Interaction Force Measurements in Minimally Invasive Surgical Devices. Recent Advances in Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensors Based on the Brillouin Scattering Effect. Silicon Microring Sensors. Laser Doppler Velocimetry Technology for Integration and Directional Discrimination. Vision-Aided Automated Vibrometry for Remote Audio–Visual Range Sensing. Analytical Use of Easily Accessible Optoelectronic Devices: Colorimetric Approaches Focused on Oxygen Quantification. Optical Oxygen Sensors for Micro- and Nanofluidic Devices. Multidirectional Optical Sensing Using Differential Triangulation. Part II Infrared and Thermal Sensors: Measurement of Temperature Distribution in Multilayer Insulations between 77 and 300 K Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor. Thin Film Resistance Temperature Detectors. The Influence of Selected Parameters on Temperature Measurements Using a Thermovision Camera. Adaptive Sensors for Dynamic Temperature Measurements. Dual-Band Uncooled Infrared Microbolometer. Sensing Temperature inside Explosions. Part III Magnetic and Inductive Sensors: Accurate Scanning of Magnetic Fields. Low-Frequency Search Coil Magnetometers. Inductive Coupling–Based Wireless Sensors for High-Frequency Measurements. Inductive Sensor for Lightning Current Measurement Fitted in Aircraft Windows. Technologies for Electric Current Sensors. Ferrofluids and Their Use in Sensors. Part IV Sound and Ultrasound Sensors: Low-Cost Underwater Acoustic Modem for Short-Range Sensor Networks. Integrating Ultrasonic Standing Wave Particle Manipulation into Vibrational Spectroscopy Sensing Applications. Wideband Ultrasonic Transmitter and Sensor Array for In-Air Applications. Sensing Applications Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. Part V Piezoresistive, Wireless, and Electrical Sensors: Piezoresistive Fibrous Sensor for On-Line Structural Health Monitoring of Composites. Structural Health Monitoring Based on Piezoelectric Transducers: Analysis and Design Based on the Electromechanical Impedance. Microwave Sensors for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Industrial Processes. Microwave Reflectometry for Sensing Applications in the Agrofood Industry. Wearable PTF Strain Sensors. Application of Inertial Sensors in Developing Smart Particles. Index.

Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski manages R&D at Redlen Technologies, Inc., a startup company in Vancouver, Canada. He is also a president of CMOS Emerging Technologies, an organization of high-tech events covering communications, microsystems, optoelectronics, and sensors. Dr. Iniewski has held numerous faculty and management positions at the University of Toronto, University of Alberta, Simon Fraser University, and PMC-Sierra, Inc. He has published more than 100 research papers in international journals and conferences. He holds 18 international patents granted in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. He is a frequent invited speaker, has consulted for multiple organizations internationally, and has written and edited several books.