ICMAST-2013 is an international interdisciplinary conference covering research and development in the field of material science, especially those materials used for sensors, actuators, and all kind of devices used for transducing physical signals. Furthermore, ICMAST-2013 aims to bring together scientists, engineers and product designers in order to fulfill the gap between research and development. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The topics of this proceedings books include: New materials development, Fabrication technology, Sensing principles and mechanisms, Actuators, Optical devices, Electrochemical devices, Mass-sensitive devices, Gas sensors, Biosensors, Analytical microsystems, Environmental, Process control, Biomedical applications, Signal processing, Sensor and sensor-array chemometrics etc.

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Preface and Scientific Committee Electrochemical Sensor for Monitoring RedOx Potential of Molten Salts Zinc Oxide Doped Red Sea Egyptian Clay as a Varistor The Fabrication and Characterization of Niobium-Doped Titania Ceramic Chemical Sensor Array Modeling: Application to Resistive Based Chemo Sensors Fluorescent Probes for the Selective Detection of Cysteine in Water IR Thermography and Resistivity Investigations on Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloy Dislocation Density Effect on Thermal Diffusivity of AISI 316 Steel HT-XRD Analysis of W Thick Coatings for Nuclear Fusion Technology Preparation and Crystallization Kinetics of FeSiB Amorphous Ribbons under Non-Isothermal Regime Characterization of Electron Beam Welded Non-Oriented Electrical Steel with Magnetic Barkhausen Noise A Wireless Network of Acoustic Sensors for Environmental Monitoring Wireless Sensor Network-Based Water Quality Monitoring System Analyzing the Water Budgets of Reservoirs by Using Autonomous Mini Boats Study of Free-Standing Electroded PZT Thick-Films: From Materials to Microsystems The Effect of Frequency on the Flow and Particle Collection Patterns under Electroosmosis Dielectric Behaviour of BaTiO3-SrTiO3 Solid Solutions Fabricated by High-Energy Ball Milling Application of Response Surface Methodology to Synthesize Appropriate Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Diazinon Gas Sensing with Atomic Layer Deposited Dielectric Thin Film Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes-Based Gas Sensors for Pollutants Detection: Investigation on the Use of a Double Transduction Mode Formation of Vanadium Oxide Thin Films Prepared from Aqueous Sol-Gel System Biosensors with Nuclear Tracks and Embedded Membranes Ethanol Sensing with Cu-BTC Metal Organic Framework: Mass Sensitive, Work Function Based and IR Investigations BQJ Photodetector Signal Processing Chemical Sensing via Chemotaxis of Euglena gracilis Confined in an Isolated Micro-Aquarium A Novel Chloropyrifos Electrochemical Sensor Based on Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotubes Composite Fabrication of Infrared Detector Based on of Polyaniline/Polyvinylidene Fluoride Blend Films and their Pyroelectric Measurement Submicron Electrode Gaps Fabricated by Gold Electrodeposition at Interdigitated Electrodes Coaxial Stub Resonator for Online Monitoring Early Stages of Corrosion Electrochemical Sensor for Detection of Para-Nitrophenol Based on Modified Porous Silicon Voltammetric Behavior of Peptide-Modified Porous Silicon after Metal Complexation A New Surface Modifying Material "Mercaptosilatrane" for Particle Plasmon Resonance Sensor Ambient Temperature Dependence of Diffusion Rate in a Microfluidic Channel Analysis of Nanoparticle-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Fiber Optic Sensor New Indigo/Nanocarbons Hybrid Material as Chemical Filter for the Enhancement of Gas Sensor Selectivity towards Nitrogen Dioxide Estimation of Thickness of Concrete Slab Members Using Impact Echo Method Estimation of Compressive Strength of Concrete Member Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Method Estimation of Compressive Strength of Recycled Aggregate High Strength Concrete Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Characterization and Simulation of Neutron Irradiated JBS Silicon Carbide Diode Structures Influence of Microstructure on Performance of TiO2 Nanodots Film Based Biosensor Electrodes Dehydroacetic Acid Based Dioxaborine Styryl Dye: Effective Fluorescent Probe for Ammonia and Amine Detection Ozone Sensor on Flexible Substrate by ZnO Nanoparticles Humidity Sensor Based on Hetero-Core Structured Fiber Optic Covered with Layer-by-Layer Thin Film SPE of Phenols on New Amine - Based Copolymers Vapour Sensitivity of InP Surface Quantum Dots Humidity Insensitive Conductometric Sensors for Ammonia Sensing Electrical Resistance and Seebeck Effect in Undoped Polycrystalline Zinc Oxide Differentiating among Gas Mixtures Using a Single Tin Oxide Gas Sensor Estimation of Depth of Concrete Column Members Using Impact Echo Method Bond of High Strength Concrete with Recycled Coarse Aggregate and Reinforcing Bar Preparation and Selectivity of Resistive Acetone Gas Sensors Based on Polyaniline/Au Interdigitated Electrode Investigation of a New High Sensitive Micro-Electromechanical Strain Gauge Sensor Based on Graphene Piezoresistivity The Development of FeMn2O4 Gas Sensors at Room Temperature Development of Novel Polymer Oxide Thick Film for Sensor Sensing Layers at Room Temperature Self-Texture Control of ZnO Films Prepared by Reactive RF Magnetron Sputtering Optical Second Harmonic Generation as a Tool for In Situ, Real-Time Monitor of Thin Film Epitaxial Growth Analysis of CO and NH3 Reductive Gases Mixture by Chemically Modified Nanocrystalline Tin Dioxide Effect of Crack Formation under Elongation in Carbon Nanotube Networks Embedded in Polyurethane Enhanced Electromechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube/Polyurethan Composite by KMnO4 Oxidation Comparison of Vapor Sensing Properties of Pristine and Hexamethylene Diamine-Treated MWCNT Networks to Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Alcohols Fibrinogen Monolayers of Controlled Coverage and Conformations for Biosensing Applications Switched Reluctance Motors Control Effective Power Signal Filtering Using LC Filters with Air Core Coils Giant Magnetoimpedance in CoP Electrodeposited Films The Kinetically Dominated Overgrowth of Flower-Like Silver Nanostructures and its Application for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Development of Hybrid Piezoelectric Materials for Tactile Sensing Energy Efficiency and System Control of Street Lighting Using Wireless Sensors Network and Actuators A New Concept of Multimode Magnetorheological Brake Design Plasma Polymerized Highly Hydrophobic Hexamethyldisiloxane Layers: Investigation on the Effect of Monomer Flow Rate Related to the Film Gas Sensing Properties Simulation of Grain Size Effects on Gas Sensing Characteristics of Semiconductor Sensors in Nitrogen Oxides Detection A Study on Different Types of Fiber Coils for Fiber Optic Current Sensors Effect of Mg-Substitution on the Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Ferrite Single Tellurium Nanoribbon-Based NOx Gas Sensor Structural Analysis of Silicon Nanostructures Obtained from Thermal Annealing of a-Si:H/SiO2 Superlattices Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Obtained by Microwave Synthesis and Application in Gas Sensing by Microwave Transduction Damage in Composite Material: A Microwave Detection Improved Reversibility of Liquid Lithium-Ammonia Solutions in Vacuum Tube PA-MBE Grown p-n (p-ZnO:(As+Sb)/n-GaN) and p-i-n (p-ZnO:As/HfO2/n-GaN) Heterojunctions as a Highly Selective UV Detectors Synthesis and Characterization of Ag Doped LaCoO3 Nanowire Sputter-Deposited Coatings as Heavy Hydrocarbon Sensors Nitrogen Dioxide and Acetone Sensors Based on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles The Multifunctional Composite on the Base of Carbon Nanotubes Network and its Use as a Passive Antenna and Gas Sensing Element Non-Exponential Decay Curves in Delayed Luminescence Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors Based on Nanoporous Films for Hydrogen Detection Enhanced Electrical Properties of PVDF-TrFE Nanocomposite for Actuator Application A QCM-D Study of Reduced Antibody Fragments Immobilized on Planar Gold and Gold Nanoparticle Modified Sensor Surfaces Investigations on the Equivalent Magnetic Noise of Magneto(Elasto)Electric Sensors by Using Modulation Techniques Microfluidic Biosensing Method Using the Motion of Magnetic Microparticles Controlled Trapping and Detection of Magnetic Particles by a Magnetic Microactuator and a Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) Sensor Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor of Gold Nanoplates for Detection of Boric Acid Nickel Porous Electrode Pt Layered by PVD Method Multi-Functional Fluorescent Upconversion Nanocrystals for Simultaneous Imaging and Delivery of Peptide Toxins TiO2 Nano-Powders as Potential Low-Temperature Optical Gas Sensors Application of a Ag Ductile Layer in Minimizing Si Die Stresses in LDMOS Packages Microstructure, Surface Characterization and Fatigue Assessment of 56SiCr7 Spring Steel MOS Structures Containing Si Nanocrystals for Applications in UV Dosimeters Visible Light Sensor Based on Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Structure A Novel NAD+/MWNTs Nanocomposite-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Measuring Mevalonic Acid Piezoelectric Self-Excited System in Mining Roof Anchor Stress Change Measurement Application of the Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Sensor Array Indisplacement Measurement Effect of Erbium Doping on Sol-Gel Synthesized Vanadium Pentoxide and Titanium Dioxide Thin Films Modal Analysis of Gallium Nitride Membrane for Pressure Sensing Device Analysis of Signal Processing Algorithms of Coriolis Mass Flowmeters High Sensitive and Spatial-Resolution Atom Sensor Using Two-Step Photoionization with Two-Color Near-Field Lights Generated at a Nano-Slit Preparation of SERS Active Substrates Based on Ag/Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites Estimation of Steel Rebar Position and Thickness in Concrete Members Using Impact Echo Method Technology and Properties of (1-x)PZT-(x)PFW Ceramics with 0.25 Chitosan Combined with Conducting Polymers for Novel Functionality: Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity Electromagnetic Wave Sensing of Euglena gracilis Viability and Quantification Is Low Frequency Excess Noise of GMI Induced by Magnetization Fluctuations? Analysis of Hysteretic Behavior in a PBZTS Ceramics by a Preisach Distribution Optical Properties of Composite Films Based on Copper Chloride in PMMA Matrix Influence of Filler Geometry on Melt Strength of Poly(lactid acid) Composites with Different Electrically Conductive Fillers Total Ionizing Dose Effects on CMOS Image Sensors with Deep-Trench Isolation The Effect of Sheet Resistivity and Storage Conditions on Sensitivity of RuO2 Based pH Sensors Copper Phthalocyanine Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Thin Film Deposition and Sensing Properties Fabrication of Tips for Magnetic Force Microscopy Employing Magnetic Multilayer Structures Opto-Electrical Modeling of CMOS Buried Quad Junction Photodetector Stretchable and Wearable Piezoresistive Insole for Continuous Pressure Monitoring Preparation of 3d Ferromagnetic Transition Metal Thin Films with Metastable bcc Structure on GaAs(100) Substrates Synthesis of Perovskite Sr Doped Lanthanide Cobaltites and Ferrites and Application for Oxygen Sensors: A Comparative Study Structure and Epitaxial Behavior of Rutile TiO2 Thin Films Prepared by DC Magnetron Sputtering and Ex-Situ Annealing Enhanced Sensitivity of Pt/NiO Gate Based AlGaN/GaN C-HEMT Hydrogen Sensor The Study of Graphene Gas Sensor Influence of Metastable States on Electrophysical Properties in Ferroelectric Crystalline Polymers Influence of Dipolar Interactions in Ferroelectric Vinylidene Fluoride Copolymers on their Structure and Low-Temperature Molecular Mobility Properties of Multilayer NTC Perovskite Thermistors Prepared by Tape Casting, Lamination and Cofiring Drift-Like Terms Minimization in the Responses of a Generic Tin Oxide Gas Sensor Gold and Silver Contacts on Tin Oxide Thin Films Produced by Spray Pyrolysis on SiO2 Substrates Study on the Magnetic Hysteresis of Terfenol-D Using New Hybrid Model Initial Calibration and Online Error Compensation of a Resolver System Properties of Metal Oxide Gas Sensors with Electrodes Placed below the Sensing Layer Preparation of Propiolic Acid Doped Polyaniline and Investigation of Opto-Electronic Properties Thin Chitosan Films for Optical Gas Sensors Bi-Crystal Compensation Method for the Over-Response of Solid-State Dosimetry Microwave Emission of Carbon Fibres during Electrical Breakdown Anisotropy of the Linear Magnetic Birefridence of Europium Iron Garnet Specific Futures of Optical Anisotropy in Terbium Iron and Terbium Gallium Garnets The Change of the Surface Morphology of Organic Films by Laser Pulses Fragmentation of Manganese Phthalocyanine Films by Laser Radiation Ab Initio Study of Electronic Structure under Hydrostatic Pressure in Ferromagnetic MnxGe1-x Alloy FEM Simulation of Quartz Thickness Shear Mode Resonator for Gas Sensing Applications Different Chemical Approaches for the Synthesis of Polyaniline Nanofibers and its Application in Ammonia Gas Sensing Hydrogen-Terminated Diamond Sensors for Electrical Monitoring of Cells Electrochemical Measurements of Phenothiazine Drugs in the Presence of Surface Active Ionic Liquids Synthesis of ZnO Nanorod Arrays by Chemical Solution and Microwave Method for Sensor Application Fabrication of Diamond Based Quartz Crystal Microbalance Gas Sensor Morphology and Laser-Induced Photochemistry of Silicon and Nickel Nanoparticles Tuning the Molecular Sensitivity of Conductive Polymer Resistive Sensors by Chemical Functionalization Voltammetry of Micro-Liter Electrolyte Samples on ITO Microelectrodes for Analyte Recognition A Mass Efficiency Test of a-ß Processed Ti-Al-V Alloys Non-Destructive Methods for Measuring Steel Properties: A Portable, Low-Cost Electromagnetic Sensor Based on the MBN Phenomenon Non-Destructive Testing with Ultrasound in Rails and Ship Plates Computational Modeling and Optimization of a Magnetic Shielding Cabinet Evaluation of Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Sensors for Port Monitoring Applications Vehicle Detection and Monitoring Setup Based on Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Sensors Experimental Study Noise of HMR2003 Sensor with or without the Use of Amplifier AMP04 Stress State Determination in Boat Welding Using Magnetic Barkhausen Noise An Investigation of Elastic Stress (Strain) - Induced Subtle Magnetic Changes in Steels Evaluation of Railway Rails with Non-Destructive Techniques Computational Modeling of a Commercial Seebeck Module Correlation of Magnetic Properties and Ductile-to-Brittle Transition Temperature in Pipelines Coagulation Sensors Based on Magnetostrictive Sensors Made by Ferromagnetic Amorphous Alloys for Biomedical Applications A Critical Assessment of the Four Basic Methods of Tomographic Imaging Chronoamperometry Study of the Electrodeposited Ni100-XPx Alloy Thin Films Electrodeposited Ni100-XFex Thin Films on Copper Substrates Nanostructured Magnetic Materials for Applications in Electrical Machines Dipole Positioning Recognition Using Neural Networks Correlation of Magnetic Barkhausen Noise with Microstructure in the In-Depth Direction of a Railhead Experimental and First Principles' Characterization of Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles A Novel Synthesis of Monodispersed Magnetite Nanoparticles by an Organometallic Complexed Precursor Controlled Synthesis of Composite Iron Oxide Nanoparticles A Novel Approach for the Synthesis of PEGylated Monodispersed Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Development of Fluxgate Magnetometers Based on Fe61Co19Si5B15 Amorphous Ribbons