Non-invasive Real-Time Monitoring of Concentrations in Ionic, Ethanolic, and Amino-Acidic Multi-solute Mixtures Using an RF Nested CSRR Sensor
摘要
Traditional chemical analysis techniques require high operational costs and sophisticated equipment and cannot provide real-time monitoring. However, it can be achieved with less expensive and simpler equipment by using alternative sensing technologies, such as Radio Frequency (RF) sensing and capacitive sensing, which overcome these limitations. However, RF-based sensing of heterogeneous liquid mixtures remains challenging due to their complex effective permittivity. This article introduces a low-cost, highly sensitive RF biosensor based on a nested complementary multiple split-ring resonator (CSRR) enabling the detection of concentration variations in multi-solute mixtures such as ethanol, sodium chloride, and L-lysine. The sensor was fabricated with dimensions of