Solid-state reference electrodes for potentiometric sensors

The availability and application of solid-state reference electrodes for potentiometric electrochemical sensors are briefly reviewed. For a long time, considerable efforts have been made to combine solid-state indicator electrodes with equivalent reference electrodes to take advantage of the absence of liquid system components to full capacity. In spite of various suggestions to solve the problem, no type of solid-state reference electrode is so far available with properties completely identical to conventional ones.     

A miniaturized and integrated galvanic cell for the potentiometric measurement of ions in biological liquids

A procedure for an all-plastic electrochemical cell comprising miniaturized planar indicator and reference electrodes is described. All electrodes are based on conducting polymers, are fully integrated, and contain no internal electrolyte. The reference microsensors were deposited via electrochemical polymerization from a water solution containing the monomer 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) or 1-methylpyrrole (MPy) and a biochemical buffer 3-(N-morpholino) propanesulfonic acid [MOPS], 2-(N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid [MES], or 2-hydroxy-5-sulfobenzoic acid [SSA]). Ion-sensitive microelectrodes were prepared by the deposition of the ion-sensitive membrane solution (Ca²⁺, K⁺, and Cl⁻) directly onto the mediating poly-EDOT (PEDOT), PEDOT–SSA, PEDOT–MES, PEDOT–MOPS, or poly-MPy–MOPS layers.     

Handbook Of Heterogeneous Catalysis. 2., completely revised and enlarged Edition. Vol. 1–8. Edited by G. Ertl,H. Knözinger,F. Schüth,and J. Weitkamp.

Wiley‐VCH, Weinheim 2008. 3966 pp., hardcover € 1999.00.—ISBN 978‐3527312412

     

Insurance claims modulated by a hidden Brownian marked point process

Aimed at better modeling insurance claims in an economic environment driven by business cycles, a new Markov-modulated Poisson process model is proposed, and an algorithm is derived to estimate the hidden Markov process by using the observed information. Our method differs from existing ones in the following ways: the new hidden process can model more efficiently the cyclic state of the economic environment; our theory is based on a variation of the law of large numbers and is easy to understand; the Fourier expansion-based parameter estimation algorithm is flexible and can be more easily implemented than other algorithms. Simulation results not only demonstrate the practicality of our model and algorithm, but also show the efficiency and robustness of the estimation algorithm.     

The determination of an accepted reference value from proficiency data with stated uncertainties

Proficiency data with stated uncertainties represent a unique opportunity for testing that the reported uncertainties are consistent with the Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM). In most proficiency tests, however, this opportunity is forfeited, because proficiency data are processed without regard to their uncertainties. In this paper we present alternative approaches for determining a reference value as the weighted mean of all mutually consistent results and their stated uncertainties. Using an accepted reference value each reported uncertainty estimate can be expressed as an E _n number, but a value of confirms its validity only if the uncertainty of the reference value is negligible in comparison.Reference values calculated for results from an International Measurement Evaluation Programme (IMEP-9) by “bottom up” as well as “top down” methods were practically identical, although the first strategy yielded the lowest uncertainty. A plot of individual coefficients of variation (CV) versus E _n numbers helps interpretation of the proficiency data, which could be used to validate relative uncertainties down to <1%.     

Reduction of the matrix influence on analytical signal in laser-enhanced ionization spectrometry with laser sampling

The novel approach using a slope of correlation line (laser-enhanced ionization of lithium versus laser-induced plasma emission of aluminum) as analytical signal was proposed for reduction of matrix interferences in laser-enhanced ionization spectrometric determination of Li with laser sampling.     

蒙特卡罗方法模拟评定氦质谱检漏不确定度

通过建立检漏结果不确定度的评定模型,应用蒙特卡罗方法对检漏数据进行随机模拟,获得了各输入量的随机样本,计算了检漏结果的不确定度,并与传统评定方法得到的不确定度进行了比较和分析。研究表明,两种方法计算得到的不确定度一致,说明蒙特卡罗方法可以作为评定氦质谱检漏结果不确定度的有效方法,且蒙特卡罗评定方法计算效率更高,应用范围更广。     

MasterDrive变频器使用外加斜坡给定的研究与应用

西门子MasterDrive变频器内部带有一个复杂功能的斜坡发生器,用于将阶跃给定增加斜坡后发给速度调节器。在某些场合比如设备需要复杂起动特性的时候,变频器需要接收外加的带斜坡的速度给定,这就需要对其进行特殊的设置。本文对外加含斜坡速度给定信号进行了分析,并提出了处理方法,最后举例说明了该方法的实际应用情况。     

A 1 V CMOS programmable accurate charge pump with wide output voltage range

A 1 V, programmable, accurate, high speed, single-ended charge pump is proposed, suitable for low voltage PLLs. It is designed in TSMC 90-nm digital CMOS process and it consists of four switches in a current steering configuration, a unity gain rail to rail buffer for the charge sharing effect elimination, one more rail to rail amplifier for minimizing the DC current mismatch, a programmable current bias circuitry and two drivers based on the standard cell XOR gates specific configuration for achieving good synchronization between all charge pump input pulses at the PLL lock state. Replica biasing technique is applied to all charge pump switches. Current glitches and charge mismatch are suppressed by employing a mechanism with additional switches at the output. It exhibits a maximum DC current mismatch of 1% and charge mismatch of 6% over a wide output voltage range of 0.7 V for the entire range of output currents. The wide range of the output voltage remains relatively constant and independent of the selected charge pump current amplitude. This is attained by applying appropriate variation of the W/L ratios of the bias cascode current sources via the employment of additional programmable switches such that their saturation voltages remain relatively constant, something which in turn enables the output currents range to be as wide as it is required.     

基于特征融合的手背静脉识别

图像平移和旋转会降低手背静脉识别的准确性,针对该问题,本文提出了一种特征融合的手背静脉识别法.该方法充分考虑图像的细节特征和全局特征,首先选取图像中的交叉点和端点作为特征点,再从特征点中提取出图像匹配的基准点,计算基准点至特征点间的相对距离及基准点与特征点连线间相邻连线产生的夹角作为细节特征;然后利用不变矩方法提取图像特征作为全局特征;最后将两种图像特征融合,进行手背静脉识别.实验模拟结果表明,该方法可快速有效地实现手背静脉识别.