New concepts for chemical sensing

Linköping (Sweden)
18-21 May 2003

Scope

The second workshop of the NOSE II network took place in May 18-21, 2003 at Linköping University, Sweden. The workshop offered an opportunity to be updated on the state of the art and the development directions of research and applications of artificial olfaction and taste systems. Special attention was also devoted to distributed sensor systems and new concepts for chemical sensing.

Format

The workshop consisted of five oral sessions and a poster session. Each oral session featured keynote speakers who presented their own opinions and visions about the theme of the session. The talks were intended to raise questions that will stimulate the discussion. One of the oral sessions and the poster session was based on abstracts submitted by the participants. During the poster session there was also a presentation of S-SENCE (the Swedish Sensor Centre). S-SENCE is a centre of excellence within the field of bio- and chemical sensor science and technology, with a direct co-operation between Linköping University and industrial partners. During this session several of the industrial partners presented their activities. Other companies  had show-case presentations of their activities and products during the workshop as well.

Workshop chair and local organizing committee

Workshop chair: Ingemar Lundström and Tina Krantz-Rülcker, S-SENCE and Applied Physics, Linköping University, Sweden.

Local organizing committee: Tina Krantz-Rülcker, Fredrik Winquist, Mats Eriksson, Martin Holmberg, Anita Lloyd Spetz and Pia Blomstedt.

Agenda

Sunday May 18

18.00 Registration and reception

Monday May 19

8.45-9.00 Opening of the workshop

Session 1: Electronic noses – chemical sensors vs analytical instruments
Chairman: Anita Lloyd Spetz

9.00-9.45 Thierry Zesiger, SMart Nose, Switzerland: “Electronic noses: a quest for the Holy Graal…a reflection about odours, headspace and means to analyse volatile compounds”  Download

9.45-10.30 Patrick Mielle, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France: “Applications of chemical sensors and analytical instruments for aroma”  Download

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-11.45 Udo Weimar, University of Tübingen (ipc), Germany: “Added values of chemical sensors in electronic noses”  Download

11.45-12.30 Discussion

Session 2: Electronic tongues
Chairman: Ingemar Lundström

13.30-14.15 Alisa Rudnitskaya, St Petersburg University, Russia: “Electronic tongues with emphasis on potentiometric devices”   Download

14.15-15.00 Fredrik Winquist, Linköping University, Sweden: “A voltammetric electronic tongue compared to other techniques”  Download

15.00-15.30 Coffee break

15.30-16.15 Eric Chanie, AlphaMOS, France: “a - Astree, Electronic Tongue in the pharmaceutical industry”   Download

16.15-17.00 Discussion

17.00 Poster session, presentations by chemical sensor related industry and presentation of S-SENCE

Tuesday May 20

Session 3: Current possibilities and pitfalls in data processing
Chairman: Martin Holmberg

9.00-9.45 Jan Mitrovics, AppliedSensor, Germany: “Hands-on improvements using data processing in electronic noses”  Download

9.45-10.30 Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, Texas A&M University, USA: “Signal processing methods for drift compensation”  Download

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-11.30 Discussion

11.30-12.00 Cosimo Distante, IMM-CNR, Italy; Patrick Mielle, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France and Jan Mitrovics, AppliedSensor, Germany: "News from the Standardization Working Group of NOSE II"

Session 4: New concepts for chemical sensing
Chairman: Ingemar Lundström

12.45-13.30 Giorgio Sberveglieri, Brescia University, Italy: “Gas sensing based on semiconducting nanobelts: a new breakthrough”  Download

13.30-14.15 Maria Luz Rodríguez-Méndez, University of Valladolid, Spain: “Novel voltammetric sensors based on phthalocyanines and conducting polymers for the evaluation of taste”  Download

14.15-14.30 Coffee break

14.30-15.15 Boris Snopok, Institute of semiconductor physics, Ukraine: “Nonexponential Relaxations”  Download

15.15-16.00 Daniel Filippini, Linköping University, Sweden: "Computer Screen Photo-assisted Technique (CSPT)"  Download

16.00-16.30 Discussion

19.00- ?? Workshop dinner

Wednesday May 21

Session 5: Distributed sensor systems
Chairman: Udo Weimar

9.00-9.45 Martin Holmberg, FOI and Linköping University, Sweden: “Networks of co-operating physical sensors”  Download

9.45-10.30 Fredrik Gustafsson, Linköping University, Sweden: “Signal processing and information fusion for distributed sensors”  Download

10.30-11.00 Discussion

11.00 Concluding remarks