Special Issue:
"Sensors in Flow Analysis" - Sensors Journal
Deadline for paper submission: 1 November 2008
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Papers published in this special issue in 2006

Open Access
A. Martinez Olmos 1,*, J. Alberdi Primicia 2 and J. L. Fernandez Marron 3
1 ETSI Informática, Universidad de Granada. C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo s/n ,18071, Granada,
Spain; Email: amartinez@ugr.es
2 CIEMAT. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Email: jalberdi@ciemat.es
3 ETSI Informática, UNED. C/ Juan del Rosal 16, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Email:
jlmarron@dia.uned.es
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: amartinez@ugr.es
Full Paper: Influence of Shielding Arrangement on ECT Sensors
Sensors 2006, 6, 1118-1127 (PDF format, 882 K)

Open Access
Beatriz Prieto-Simón
1, Mònica Campàs 1, Silvana Andreescu 2 and Jean-Louis Marty 1,*
1 BIOMEM group, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
2 Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA
Beatriz Prieto-Simón, e-mail: beatriz.prieto-simon@univ-perp.fr; Mònica Campàs, e-mail: campas@univ-perp.fr; Silvana Andreescu, e-mail: eandrees@clarkson.edu; Jean-Louis Marty, e-mail: jlmarty@univ-perp.fr
* Corresponding author: Tel: +33(0)468662254; Fax: +33(0)468662223
Received: 29 July 2006 / Accepted: 29 September 2006 / Published: 1 October 2006
Review: Trends in Flow-based Biosensing Systems for Pesticide Assessment
Sensors 2006, 6, 1161-1186 (PDF format, 465 K, supplementary material: Table 1, PDF format, 29 K)

Open Access
Mª Soledad García, Joaquín A. Ortuño, Concepción Sánchez-Pedreño*, Mª Isabel Albero and Mª José Fernández
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Spain; E-mails: msgarcia@um.es (for MSG), jortuno@um.es (for JAO), spedreno@um.es (CS-P), mialbero@um.es (for MIA)
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: spedreno@um.es
Received: 23 June 2006 / Accepted: 3 October 2006 / Published: 9 October 2006
Full Paper: Flow-through Bulk Optode for Spectrophotometric Determination of Thiocyanate and Its Application to Water and Saliva Analysis
Sensors 2006, 6, 1224-1233 (PDF format, 145 K)

Open Access
Catalina Bosch Ojeda and Fuensanta Sánchez Rojas *
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
E-mail: cbosch@uma.es. E-mail: fsanchezr@uma.es
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone: +34-95-213-7393, Fax: +34-95-213-2000, e-mail: fsanchezr@uma.es
Received: 4 May 2006 / Accepted: 5 October 2006 / Published: 10 October 2006
Review: Recent Development in Optical Chemical Sensors Coupling wit Flow Injection Analysis
Sensors 2006, 6, 1245-1307 (PDF format, 326 K)

Open Access
Leonid N. Moskvin 1 and Juergen Simon 2,*
1 Department of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, 198904 St. Petersburg, Russia
2 Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 34/36, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: jsimon@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Received: 15. July 2006 / Accepted:15 October 2006 / Published: 17 October 2006
Review: Gas/Liquid and Liquid/Liquid Solvent Extraction in Flow Analysis with the Chromatomembrane Cell
Sensors 2006, 6, 1321-1332 (PDF format, 93 K)

Open Access
Orawon Chailapakul 1,*, Passapol Ngamukot 1, Alongkorn Yoosamran 1, Weena Siangproh 2 and Nattakarn Wangfuengkanagul 1
1 Sensors Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Patumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, 10110, Thailand
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: corawon@chula.ac.th
Received: 8 August 2006 / Accepted: 9 October 2006 / Published: 24 October 2006
Review: Recent Electrochemical and Optical Sensors in Flow-Based Analysis
Sensors 2006, 6, 1383-1410 (PDF format, 336 K)


Open Access
Petr Babula 1, Dalibor Huska 2,4, Pavel Hanustiak 2, Jiri Baloun 2,4, Sona Krizkova 2, Vojtech Adam 2, Jaromir Hubalek 3, Ladislav Havel 4, Milan Zemlicka 1, Ales Horna 5, Miroslava Beklova 6 and Rene Kizek 2,*
1 Department of Natural Drugs, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho 1-3, CZ-612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and 4 Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czec Republic
3 Department of Microelectronics, Technical University of Brno, Udolni 53, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
5 Department of Food Engineering and Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University, CZ-762 72 Zlin, Czech Republic
6 Department of Veterinary Ecology and Environmental Protection, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho 1-3, CZ-612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: kizek@sci.muni.cz
Received: 16 October 2006 / Accepted: 27 October 2006 / Published: 6 November 2006
Full Paper: Flow Injection Analysis Coupled with Carbon Electrodes as the Tool for Analysis of Naphthoquinones with Respect to Their Content and Functions in Biological Samples
Sensors 2006, 6, 1466-1482 (PDF format, 160 K)

Open Access
Veronika Supalkova 1,2, Jiri Petrek 1, Ladislav Havel 1, Sona Krizkova 2, Jitka Petrlova 2, Vojtech Adam 2,3, David Potesil 2,3, Petr Babula 4, Miroslava Beklova 5, Ales Horna 6, and Rene Kizek 2,*
1 Department of Plant Biology, and 2 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
4 Department of Natural Drugs, and 5 Department of Veterinary Ecology and Environmental
Protection, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho 1-3, CZ-612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
6 Department of Food Engineering and Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University, CZ-762 72 Zlin, Czech Republic
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: kizek@sci.muni.cz
Received: 16 October 2006 / Accepted: 27 October 2006 / Published: 6 November 2006
Full Paper: Electrochemical Sensors for Detection of Acetylsalicylic Acid
Sensors 2006, 6, 1483-1497 (PDF format, 322 K)

Open Access
Jan Prasek 1, Martin Adamek 1, Jaromir Hubalek 1, Vojtech Adam 2, Libuse Trnkova 3, and Rene Kizek 2,*
1 Department of Microelectronics, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Udolni 53, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; e-mails: prasek@feec.vutbr.cz, adamek@feec.vutbr.cz, hubalek@feec.vutbr.cz
2 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Department of Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: kizek@sci.muni.cz
Received: 16 October 2006 / Accepted: 27 October 2006 / Published: 6 November 2006
Full Paper: New Hydrodynamic Electrochemical Arrangement for Cadmium Ions Detection Using Thick-Film Chemical Sensor Electrodes
Sensors 2006, 6, 1498-1515 (PDF format, 202 K)

Open Access
Lai-Hao Wang *, Hung-Chang Hsia and Yuan-Zhi Lan
Department of Applied Chemistry, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, 60 Erh-Jen Road, Section 1, Jen Te, Tainan 71743, Taiwan
E-mails: vivideric678@hotmail.com (Hung-Chang Hsia); ryan-0702@yahoo.com.tw (Yuan-Zhi Lan)
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: 886-6-266-7319; E-mail: e201466.wang@msa.hinet.net
Received: 25 February 2006; in revised form: 5 October 2006 / Accepted: 10 November 2006 / Published: 11 November 2006
Full Paper: Design of a Flow-through Polarographic Sensor Based on Metal Films for Determining N-nitrosodiethanolamine Levels in
Rabbit Biological Fluids
Sensors 2006, 6, 1555-1567 (PDF format, 597 K)

Open Access
Chanpen Karuwan 1,2, Thitirat Mantim 1,2, Patcharin Chaisuwan 1,2, Prapin Wilairat  1,2, Kate Grudpan 3, Piyada Jittangprasert 1,4, Yasuaki Einaga 5, Orawon Chailapakul 6, Leena Suntornsuk 7, Oraphan Anurukvorakun 7 and Duangjai Nacapricha 1,2,*
1 Flow Innovation-Research for Science and Technology Laboratories (FIRST Labs.), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
3 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
4 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
5 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan
6 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
7 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Thailand
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: scdnc@mahidol.ac.th and dnacapricha@gmail.com
Received: 1 August 2006 / Accepted: 14 December 2006 / Published: 26 December 2006
Full Paper: Pulsed Amperometry for Anti-fouling of Boron-doped Diamond in Electroanalysis of β-Agonists: Application to Flow Injection
for Pharmaceutical Analysis
Sensors 2006, 6, 1837-1850 (PDF format, 152 K)

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Serdar Gundogdu 1 and Ozge Sahin 2,*
1 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey; E-mail: serdar81_35@hotmail.com
2 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, Muhendislik
Fakultesi, Elektrik ve Elektronik Bolumu, 35160 Buca-Izmir, Turkey; Tel: 0090-232-4127179; Fax:
0090-232-4531085. E-mail: ozge.sahin@deu.edu.tr
Received: 8 August 2006 / Accepted: 23 January 2007 / Published: 26 January 2007
Full Paper: E.M.I Effects of Cathodic Protection on Electromagnetic Flowmeters
Sensors 2007, 7, 75-83 (PDF format, 167 K)

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Nataša Gros
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; E-mail: natasa.gros@fkkt.uni-lj.si
Received: 31 July 2006 / Accepted: 13 February 2007 / Published: 23 February 2007
Full Paper: A Novel Type of Tri-Colour Light-Emitting-Diode-Based Spectrometric Detector for Low-Budget Flow-Injection Analysis
Sensors 2007, 7, 166-184 (PDF format, 227 K)

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