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Computers and Electronics in AgricultureVolume 166, November 2019, Article number 105001

Flexible sensors platform for determination of cadmium concentration in soil samples(Article)

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  • aUniversity of Novi Sad (Faculty of Technical Sciences and Faculty of Technology), Novi Sad, Serbia
  • bLesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University, Ukraine

Abstract

Efficient monitoring and measuring concentrations of heavy metals in soil is one of the utmost needs in environmental monitoring. This work describes a portable sensors platform for determination of concentration of heavy metals, in our case cadmium, in soil samples. Using a cost-effective xurographic PVC foils-based technique, transparent multilayer interdigitated gold-electrodes structure, with two sensors, was fabricated. The transparent sensor platform was tested measuring capacitance by means of an Impedance Analyzer and the obtained results indicated that capacitance increases with increased concentration of cadmium in soil sample. The proposed platform in combination with our portable impedance analyzer, enable fast, “green” on-site measurement of heavy metals in soil, thus, avoiding the use of some toxic chemicals necessary for sample preparation and analysis by commercial analytical instrumentations, providing less negative effects on humans’ health and environment. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.

Author keywords

Cadmium concentrationPVC foilsSensorsXurographic technique

Indexed keywords

Engineering controlled terms:CapacitanceCost effectivenessHeavy metalsPolyvinyl chloridesSensorsSoils
Engineering uncontrolled termsAnalytical InstrumentationEfficient monitoringEnvironmental MonitoringHealth and environmentHeavy metals in soilOn-site measurementTransparent sensorsXurographic technique
Engineering main heading:Soil surveys
GEOBASE Subject Index:cadmiumconcentration (composition)electrodeenvironmental monitoringgoldsample preparationsensorsoil chemistry

Funding details

Funding sponsor Funding number Acronym
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
See opportunities by H2020		H2020
European Commission
See opportunities by EC		813680EC

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    This work is funded in the framework of the project 142-451-2466/2018-01 financed by Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Activities as well as partly by the project EU funded project AQUASENSE , no 813680 , under the programme MSCA-ITN.

  • ISSN: 01681699
  • CODEN: CEAGE
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2019.105001
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

  Stojanović, G.; University of Novi Sad (Faculty of Technical Sciences and Faculty of Technology), Novi Sad, Serbia;
© Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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