Abstract: A method determines a potential poisoning of a sensor of an electronic nose by a volatile compound following an exposure of the sensor to a gaseous sample including at least this volatile compound. If there is poisoning, the method determines whether the sensor is still functional such that the sensor is still capable of carrying out one or a plurality of reliable measurements, or on the contrary, whether the sensor is saturated and must no longer be used. The method may be used with any type of electronic nose.

Abstract: A method for characterizing compounds of interest, introduced into a measuring chamber of an electronic nose, includes injecting a first gas sample formed from a carrier gas without the compounds of interest forming a second gas sample from the carrier gas with the compounds of interest; determining a measurement signal (Sk(ti)); measuring values ?1, ?2 of the relative humidity; determining corrective parameter ({tilde over (S)}kref|?2; ?Skref|??); and determining a useful signal (Suk(ti?P2)) by correcting the measurement signal associated with the second gas sample using the determined corrective parameter, and characterizing the compounds of interest based on the useful signal.

Abstract: A method for recalibrating an electronic nose includes successively injecting, into a measurement chamber, reference gases that do not contain target compounds and that have various values of relative humidity. A measurement signal is determined in the course of each injection. Then, for each reference gas, a baseline is determined, which baseline is representative of the determined measurement signal. The baseline is also associated with the relative humidity of the reference gas present. A second correction function is determined on the basis of the determined baselines and of the predetermined values of relative humidity. The second correction function is then stored in a processing uni instead of a first correction function.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for characterising, by means of an electronic nose, the release kinetics of odorous compounds from a sample, comprising the following series of steps: (a) supplying a sample; (b) at a time t1, exposing the sensor array of the electronic nose to some of the gaseous medium comprising the odorous compounds released from the sample, and processing the response emitted by the sensor array of the electronic nose, after said exposure, in the form of a signal; and (c) repeating step (b) at least once, at a time t2 different from the time t1, whereby an olfactory kinetic signature characterising the sample is obtained. The present invention also relates to the use of this method for anti-counterfeiting and/or quality control purposes and for generating a data bank or database of temporal olfactory signatures. The present invention finally relates to certain devices used when implementing such methods.

Abstract: A detection system for an electronic nose which allows a physicochemical classification of odors, that is to say a classification as a function of the physicochemical properties of the volatile compounds, or odorous molecules, making up these odors. This detection system comprises sensors with cross-reactivity with respect to volatile compounds, each sensor comprising a sensitive part functionalized by a receptor comprising a sequence formed by the repetition of an ?-amino acid. The ?-amino acid of the receptor of a sensor of a first series of sensors is hydrophilic, while the ?-amino acid of the receptor of another sensor of the first series is hydrophobic, and the ?-amino acids of the receptors of two sensors of a second series of sensors have isoelectric points which differ from one another by at least one pH unit.

Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit for an interferometric sensor includes a first waveguide called sensitive arm wherein a first portion of the light radiation is propagated, the sensitive arm being exposed to a first ambient medium and to at least one compound to be detected inducing a modification of the local refractive index perceived by the evanescent part of the electromagnetic field of the first portion of the light radiation, and a second waveguide called reference arm wherein a second portion of the light radiation is propagated, an encapsulation layer encapsulating the reference arm, the encapsulation layer being impermeable to the compound or compounds to be detected, so that the reference arm is exposed only to a second ambient medium, substantially of the same nature as the first ambient medium and without the compound to be detected and interferometric sensor comprising a photonic integrated circuit according to the invention.

Abstract: A method determines a potential poisoning of a sensor of an electronic nose by a volatile compound following an exposure of the sensor to a gaseous sample including at least this volatile compound. If there is poisoning, the method determines whether the sensor is still functional such that the sensor is still capable of carrying out one or a plurality of reliable measurements, or on the contrary, whether the sensor is saturated and must no longer be used. The method may be used with any type of electronic nose.

Abstract: A method for the qualitative and/or quantitative measurement of odors present in a chamber for transformation (cooking or fermentation) of a product makes it possible to prevent the measurement environment from contamination by measurement-interfering elements produced by the transformation and released in the chamber for transformation. The method makes use of a chamber for transformation, for example an oven, and of an electronic nose, pipes a fluidic system, and a removal chamber for removing the measurement-interfering elements. The method includes a measurement mode M and a cleaning mode N. The cleaning mode comprises the following steps: -N0- optionally, flushing the chamber for transformation, preferably by ventilating it; -N1- flushing the measurement chamber with a fluid, preferably ambient air; -N2- flushing the removal chamber with a fluid, preferably ambient air; and -N3- optionally, transferring at least a portion of the flushing fluid from the removal chamber into the chamber for transformation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system for an electronic nose capable of detecting and identifying a set of compounds that can be found in a gaseous sample, the detection system comprises a plurality of cross-reactivity detection sensors (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7) for supplying signals representing the presence of one or more compounds of said set in the gaseous sample, and which is particularly characterised in that the detection system further comprises at least one reference sensor (RI) for supplying a signal representing the measurement noise of the detection system. The detection system further relates to an electronic nose comprising such a detection system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an electronic nose, said electronic nose comprising a plurality of optical sensors arranged on a surface and capable of being in contact with a gaseous medium of interest, said optical sensors being capable of delivering a signal representative of the local optical index of the gaseous medium of interest when they are excited by photons, the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: after having placed the electronic nose in a gaseous medium of interest at the initial pressure (P0) and the initial temperature (T0): a) sending photons in the direction of the sensors so as to excite said sensors; b) measuring the signal delivered by each of the sensors, this measurement providing as many responses as there are sensors; c) modifying the pressure and/or temperature of the gaseous medium of interest; d) repeating step b); and e) for each sensor, determining a correction factor such as a variation in the signal between steps d) and b) corr

Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit for an interferometric sensor includes a first waveguide called sensitive arm wherein a first portion of the light radiation is propagated, the sensitive arm being exposed to a first ambient medium and to at least one compound to be detected inducing a modification of the local refractive index perceived by the evanescent part of the electromagnetic field of the first portion of the light radiation, and a second waveguide called reference arm wherein a second portion of the light radiation is propagated, an encapsulation layer encapsulating the reference arm, the encapsulation layer being impermeable to the compound or compounds to be detected, so that the reference arm is exposed only to a second ambient medium, substantially of the same nature as the first ambient medium and without the compound to be detected and interferometric sensor comprising a photonic integrated circuit according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system for an electronic nose capable of detecting and identifying a set of compounds that can be found in a gaseous sample, which detection system comprises a plurality of cross-reactivity detection sensors (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7) for supplying signals representing the presence of one or more compounds of said set in the gaseous sample, and which is particularly characterised in that it further comprises at least one reference sensor (RI) for supplying a signal representing the measurement noise of the detection system. It further relates to an electronic nose comprising such a detection system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an electronic nose, said electronic nose comprising a plurality of optical sensors arranged on a surface and capable of being in contact with a gaseous medium of interest, said optical sensors being capable of delivering a signal representative of the local optical index of the gaseous medium of interest when they are excited by photons, the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: after having placed the electronic nose in a gaseous medium of interest at the initial pressure (P0) and the initial temperature (T0): a) sending photons in the direction of the sensors so as to excite said sensors; b) measuring the signal delivered by each of the sensors, this measurement providing as many responses as there are sensors; c) modifying the pressure and/or temperature of the gaseous medium of interest; d) repeating step b); and e) for each sensor, determining a correction factor such as a variation in the signal between steps d) and b) corr

Abstract: A method for measuring in real time a secretion of a compound by a target, and a device implementing the method, the method including: culturing, in a liquid medium, in a culture chamber, a plurality of targets including at least one target, the culture chamber including: (i) at least one 1st surface on which the target is present, presence of the target generating a 1st signal; and (ii) at least one 2nd surface that is different from the 1st surface and not coplanar with the 1st surface, which surface is functionalized by at least one ligand specifically binding to the compound secreted by the target, the specific bond between the ligand and the compound generating a 2nd signal that is distinct from the 1st signal; and detecting in real time the 2nd signal and optionally the 1st signal.