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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Simplified Approach to Detect Dielectric Constant Using a Low-Cost Microfluidic Quarter Mode Substrate-Integrated Waveguide.

Ahmed Salim, Muhammad Usman Memon, Heijun Jeong, Sungjoon Lim

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed SalimSchool of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 221, Heukseok-Dong, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul 156-756, Korea.
Muhammad Usman MemonSchool of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 221, Heukseok-Dong, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul 156-756, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2471-8837
Heijun JeongSchool of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 221, Heukseok-Dong, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul 156-756, Korea.
Sungjoon LimSchool of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 221, Heukseok-Dong, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul 156-756, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5049-9300
Chung-Ang University · KR

Funding

Chung-Ang University research grant 2018National Research Foundation of Korea 2017R1A2B3003856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid materials' characterization using commercial probes and radio frequency techniques is expensive and complex. This study proposes a compact and cost-effective radio frequency sensor system to measure the dielectric constant using a three-material calibration. The simplified approach measures reflection coefficient magnitudes for all four materials rather than the complex values in conventional permittivity detection systems. We employ a sensor module based on a circular substrate-integrated waveguide with measured unloaded quality factor = 910 to ensure measurement reliability. Miniaturized quarter-mode substrate-integrated waveguide resonators are integrated with four microfluidic channels containing three known materials and one unknown analyte. Step-wise measurement and linearity ensures maximum 4% error for the dielectric constant compared with results obtained using a high-performance commercial product.

Indexed as

calibrationchemical sensordielectric constant detectionRF sensorsubstrate-integrated waveguide

Identifiers

PMID32887520
PMCPMC7506599
OpenAlexW3081820706

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