Sensor Technology in the Netherlands: State of the Art

Measurement Strategies for Object Identification.- A Smart 2.5D Image Sensor Containing a PSD Array and an on-Chip Multiplexer.- Adaptive Optical System Based on a Micromachined Adaptive Mirror.- The Integrated Compass Watch Microsystem.- Non-Destructive Food-Sterility and Package-Quality Testing of Aseptically Packed Food Products by Impedance Measurements.- Transduction Principles and Integration of Chemical Sensors into a Micromechanical Array Device.- Measurement on Single DNA Molecules.- Novel Integrated Optical Refractometer.- Temperature Dependence of a Thermal Accelerometer.- Nearly Quantum-Limited Squids for a Gravitational Wave Antenna.- From Biosensors to Biosensing Systems.- Glass Channels and Capillary Injectors for Capillary Zone Electrophoresis.- A New Fabrication Method for In-Plane Micro Fluid Handling Components and Analysis Systems.- A System for Fluid Dosing in the Nanoliter Range.- Chemically Modified Field-Effect Transistors for Measurement of Ion Activities in Aqueous Solution.- Selective Optode Membranes for Heavy Metal Ion Detection.- Covalent Coupling of Polyamines to Aminobead-Covered ISFETs.- DNA Binding Kinetics of Oct-1 Linker Mutant Proteins Studied with the Instrument for Biomolecular Interction Sensing (IBIS).- Entrepreneurship in Sensor-Land.- A Novel Concept in Thin Film Magnetic Heads: The Sensor Last Design.- Membrane Fabrication with Galvanic Etch-Stop.- Fabrication Technology of Geiger Mode Avalanche Photodiodes.- Dry Release of Metal Structures in Oxygen Plasma.- Miniaturized ISFET Interface for the Use on a Serial PC Port.- A Low Power Detection Method for Small Ultrasonic Echo Signals.- Design of a Smart Microacoustic Liquid Sensor System-Part I: Microacoustic Device.- Design of a Smart Microacoustic Liquid Sensor System-Part II: Electronics.- Influence of Substrate Voltage on Sensitivity and Offset of (Spinning-Current) Hall Plates.- Hybrid Integrated Electro-Optic Sensor Platform.- A Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Piezo Junction Effect in Silicon and its Exploitation in New Sensor Structures.- Sacrificial Oxide Etching Compatible with Aluminium Metallization.- Free Standing Beams Made by Single Step Electrochemical Etching in Hydrofluoric Acid.- Development of a Disposable Biosensor Chipcard System.- Quartz-to-Silicon Fusion Bonding for Micro Acoustic Wave Applications.- Cyclodextrins as Receptors on Surface Acoustic Wave Devices.- A Low-Cost Smart Interface for Active Sensors.- Smart Optical Sensor Systems in CMOS for Measuring Light Intensity And Colour.- Thermal Analysis of Multi-Chip-Composed Microsystem.- IC Post-Processing Module for Deposition of Thin Metal Films.- A Fast and Accurate Temperature-Control System Using Smart Temperature Sensors.- An Actuation Principle: The Electrolysis of Water.- A Mixer Based on Diffusion-Mixing Designed for the Mafias Project.- Low Power Sigma-Delta Analog-to-Digital Converter Interface for Biomedical Measurement System.- Development of Cryogenic Current Comparators with DC Squid Readout for the Calibration Of Electrical Standards.- Squid Readout of Cryogenic Particle Detectors.- Low Creep and Hysteresis Load Cell Based on a Force to Liquid Pressure Transformation.- Stability and Applications of Electrochemically-Active Self-Assembled Monolayers.- Binding of Metal Ions to Self-Assembled Monolayers of Crown Ethers.- Functionalized Cyclodextrin-Calix[4]Arene Host Molecules for Detection of Organic Analytes.- Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold for the Detection of Molecular Interactions via Surface Plasmon Resonance.- Battery-Less Sensors forContinuous Measurement of Physiological Parameters of Animals.- Authors Index.