Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas sensor including a first layer and a second layer superimposed on each other along an interface between the two layers. The first layer includes an array of nanoparticles along the interface, the nanoparticles provided so as to allow, upon illumination with electromagnetic radiation, long range diffractive coupling of surface plasmon resonances resulting in a surface lattice resonance condition. The second layer includes a material that, when exposed to at least one predetermined gas, detectably affects the surface lattice resonance condition. The material of the second layer preferably has a porosity of at least 10%.

Abstract: Micromachined reference electrodes for use in miniaturized electrochemical sensors, and methods for fabricating such reference electrodes and electrochemical sensors, for example, as a part of a microfluidic system, are disclosed. Electrochemical measurements allow for inexpensive detection of a wide variety of (bio-)chemical compounds in solution. The reference electrode is one of the main parts of an electrochemical cell. The reference electrode, from which no current is drawn, has a stable, constant potential.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas sensing device comprising a nanoparticle layer (1) and a quantum dot layer (3) separated from each other by a gas absorption layer (2) which has a thickness which changes upon absorption of a gas. The nanoparticle layer (1) is provided for generating a surface plasmon resonance within a plasmon resonance frequency range upon illumination with light within a light frequency range; the quantum dot layer (3) has an absorption spectrum overlapping with said plasmon resonance frequency range of said nanoparticle layer (1) and shows photoluminescence in a photoluminescence emission frequency range upon absorption of energy within its absorption spectrum. The present invention further relates to a method for fabricating such a gas sensing device and to a method of using such a gas sensing device.

Abstract: An analyte sensing device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes at least one sensing module on a substrate. The sensing module has at least one nanowire including a bottom, an intermediate part and a top, the bottom being closer to the substrate than the top. The module has a surrounding electrode surrounding the bottom and at least part of the intermediate part of each nanowire in height direction and being electrically isolated from the nanowire. There is a gap between each nanowire and the corresponding surrounding electrode allowing penetration of an analyte to be detected between the nanowire and the surrounding electrode. A measurement circuitry is electrically connected to each nanowire and the surrounding electrode for detecting a change in an electrical property as a result of the penetration of the analyte into the gap.

Abstract: A microfluidic device is described. The microfluidic device comprises at least one transport channel and at least one working chamber, wherein the at least one transport channel and the at least one working chamber are separated from each other by a common deformable wall. The at least one transport channel is for containing a transport fluid and the at least one working chamber is for containing a working fluid. The microfluidic device comprises at least one pair of electrodes for changing the pressure on the working fluid such that when the pressure on the working fluid is changed, the deformable wall deforms, resulting in a change of the cross-section of the at least one transport channel. The working chamber comprises a flexible wall different from the common deformable wall and at least one electrode of the at least one pair of electrodes is provided on the flexible wall.