1. | IntroductionPhysical Effects important in Sensing | 1.What is a Sensor? 2.Expectations 3.Where do we come across sensors? 4.Internal Noises 5.Acceptable sensor parameters in some common fields 6.Physical Effects employed in Signal Transduction 7.Photoelectric Effect 8.Photoconductive Effect 9.Photovoltaic Effect 10.Photoluminescence Effect 11.Electroluminescence Effect 12.Electroluminescence Effect:LEDs |
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2. | Physical Effects important in SensingCommon Processing Techniques used in Sensor FabricationPlasma Processes and basics | 1.Chemiluminescence Effect 2.Doppler Effect 3.Thermoresistive Effect 4.Piezoresistive Effect 5.Magnetoresistive Effect 6.Top-Down vs Bottom-up Techniques 7.Sputtering 8.Magnetron Sputtering 9.MBE Growth Conditions 10.MBE Growth Characteristics 11.Glow Discharges |
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3. | Plasma Processes and basicsAnalytical Tools | 1.Glow Discharges 2,Surface Chemistry 3.Pattern Transfer 4.Schematic of a Typical Plasma Reactor Setup 5.ALD Process and Equipment 6.Self Assembly 7.Electromagnetic Spectroscopy 8.Basic Spectrometer 9.Optical Microscopes |
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4. | Types of Electrical NoiseLow-Frequency Measurement TechniquesNoise Calculations | 1.Types of Electrical Noise 2.Noise Representations 3.Thermal 4.LNF Measurement System |
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5. | Basics for BiosensorsSensor Interface Circuits | 1.Cellular Biology 2.More Gain 3.PSRR 4.ZVTC |
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6. | Optical Sensors | 1.Background Information-Radiation/Radiant Energy 2.Example1 Remote Radiation Sensing 3.Example2 Radiation Sensing for Medical Applications 4.Example3 Radiation Sensing for Cancerl Applications |
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7. | Chemical Sensor (1) | 1.What is a chemical sensor? 2.Applications for Chemical Sensors 3.Oxide Sensors:Sensing Mechanism 4.Mass Sensitive Sensors: BAW & SAW Devices |
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8. | Optical Sensors-2 | Sensitivity & Quantum efficiency | ||
9. | Chemical Sensor-2Nano Chemical Sensor | 1.Applications for Chemical Sensors 2.l Oxide Gas Sensor-Taguchi Sensor 3.SAW Sensors 4.Capacitive Humidity Sensors 5.Breath Analysis-Chemical Sensing 6.CNT Dielectric Properties in Chemical Sensing 7.SWCNT Chemiresistor 8.ZnO Nanowire Chemiresistor |
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10. | Related Transport Equations | 1.Non equilibrium equations 2.Ambipolar Transport 3.Low-Level Injection |
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11. | Biomedical applications of Silicon Optical Sensors-1 | 1.Autofluorescence Imaging(AFI) 2.Fluorescence Micro scope 3.SS Alternatives CMOS Imagers |
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12. | Biomedical applications of Silicon Optical Sensors-2 | 1.Biosensor Characteristics 2.Glucose 3.CMOS |
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13. | Nano Bio Sensor | 1.Some examples of Nano-biosensors 2.CNT d Biosensors 3.Commonly used Carbon Electrodes 4.CNF Nanoelectrode Array Fabrication 5.Fabrication of Genechip 6.Simple model for Biosensing 7.Insight from Modeling |