@article{AlexopoulosHoffschmidt2010,
  author    = {Alexopoulos, Spiros and Hoffschmidt, Bernhard},
  title     = {Solar tower power plant in Germany and future perspectives of the development of the technology in Greece and Cyprus},
  series = {Renewable Energy},
  volume    = {35},
  journal   = {Renewable Energy},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0960-1481},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.renene.2009.11.003},
  pages     = {1352 -- 1356},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Since the 80s power production with solar thermal power plants has been a way to substitute fossil fuels. By concentrating direct solar radiation from heliostats very high temperatures of a thermal fluid can be reached. The resulting heat is converted to mechanical energy in a steam cycle which generates electricity. High efficiencies and fast start-up are reached by using air as a heat medium, as well as using porous ceramic materials as solar receiver of the concentrated sunlight. In Germany the construction of a 1.5 MWe solar tower power plant began in 2008. It is operational since December 2008 and started production of electricity in the spring of 2009. In Greece and Cyprus, countries with high solar potential, the development of this competitive solar thermal technology is imperative, since it has already been implemented in other Mediterranean countries.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{BaumannTeixeiraBouraGoettscheetal.2010,
  author    = {Baumann, Torsten and Teixeira Boura, Cristiano Jos{\´e} and G{\"o}ttsche, Joachim and Hoffschmidt, Bernhard and O'Connell, Bryan and Schmitz, Stefan and Zunft, Stefan},
  title     = {Air/Sand heat exchanger design and materials for solar thermal power plant applications},
  series = {SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France},
  booktitle = {SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France},
  publisher = {Soc. OSC},
  address   = {Saint Maur},
  pages     = {146 -- 147},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BaeckerPoghossianAbouzaretal.2010,
  author    = {B{\"a}cker, Matthias and Poghossian, Arshak and Abouzar, Maryam H. and Wenmackers, Sylvia and Janssens, Stoffel D. and Haenen, Ken and Wagner, Patrick and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Capacitive field-effect (bio-)chemical sensors based on nanocrystalline diamond films},
  series = {MRS Online Proceedings Library},
  volume    = {1203},
  journal   = {MRS Online Proceedings Library},
  publisher = {MRS},
  address   = {Warrendale},
  issn      = {1946-4274},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Capacitive field-effect electrolyte-diamond-insulator-semiconductor (EDIS) structures with O-terminated nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) as sensitive gate material have been realized and investigated for the detection of pH, penicillin concentration, and layer-by-layer adsorption of polyelectrolytes. The surface oxidizing procedure of NCD thin films as well as the seeding and NCD growth process on a Si-SiO2 substrate have been improved to provide high pH-sensitive, non-porous thin films without damage of the underlying SiO2 layer and with a high coverage of O-terminated sites. The NCD surface topography, roughness, and coverage of the surface groups have been characterized by SEM, AFM and XPS methods. The EDIS sensors with O-terminated NCD film treated in oxidizing boiling mixture for 45 min show a pH sensitivity of about 50 mV/pH. The pH-sensitive properties of the NCD have been used to develop an EDIS-based penicillin biosensor with high sensitivity (65-70 mV/decade in the concentration range of 0.25-2.5 mM penicillin G) and low detection limit (5 μM). The results of label-free electrical detection of layer-by-layer adsorption of charged polyelectrolytes are presented, too.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BegingMlynekHataihimakuletal.2010,
  author    = {Beging, Stefan and Mlynek, Daniela and Hataihimakul, Sudkanung and Poghossian, Arshak and Baldsiefen, Gerhard and Busch, Heinz and Laube, Norbert and Kleinen, Lisa and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Field-effect calcium sensor for the determination of the risk of urinary stone formation},
  series = {Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical},
  volume    = {144},
  journal   = {Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0925-4005},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.snb.2008.12.012},
  pages     = {374 -- 379},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Urinary stone formation has been evolved to a widespread disease during the last years. The reason for the formation of urinary stones are little crystals, mostly composed of calcium oxalate, which are formed in human kidneys. The early diagnosis of the risk for urinary stone formation of patients can be determined by the "Bonn-Risk-Index" method based on the potentiometric detection of the Ca2+-ion concentration and an optical determination of the triggered crystallisation of calcium oxalate in unprocessed urine. In this work, miniaturised capacitive field-effect EMIS (electrolyte-membrane-insulator-semiconductor) sensors have been developed for the determination of the Ca2+-ion concentration in human native urine. The Ca2+-sensitive EMIS sensors have been systematically characterised by impedance spectroscopy, capacitance-voltage and constant-capacitance method in terms of sensitivity, signal stability and response time in both CaCl2 solutions and in native urine. The obtained results demonstrate the suitability of EMIS sensors for the measurement of the Ca2+-ion concentration in native urine of patients.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ReisertHenkelSchneideretal.2010,
  author    = {Reisert, Steffen and Henkel, Hartmut and Schneider, Andreas and Sch{\"a}fer, Daniel and Friedrich, Peter and Berger, J{\"o}rg and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Development of a handheld sensor system for the online measurement of hydrogen peroxide in aseptic filling systems},
  series = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  volume    = {207},
  journal   = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1862-6300},
  doi       = {10.1002/pssa.200983304},
  pages     = {913 -- 918},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {A handheld sensor system for the online measurement of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in aseptic sterilisation processes has been developed. It is based on a calorimetric-type gas sensor that consists of a differential set-up of two temperature sensors, of which one is catalytically activated and the second one is passivated and used as reference. The sensor principle relies in detecting a rise in temperature on the active sensor due to the exothermic reaction of H2O2 on the catalytic surface. To characterise the sensor system towards H2O2 sensitivity and other influencing factors, measurements have been carried out both at an experimental set-up and a manufacturer's sterilisation machine. Physical sensor characterisation was done by means of the optical microscopy.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MiyamotoSugawaraKanohetal.2010,
  author    = {Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro and Sugawara, Yuri and Kanoh, Shin´ichiro and Yoshinobu, Tatsuo and Wagner, Torsten and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Image correction method for the chemical imaging sensor},
  series = {Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical},
  volume    = {144},
  journal   = {Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0925-4005},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.snb.2008.10.069},
  pages     = {344 -- 348},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {The chemical imaging sensor is a semiconductor-based chemical sensor that can visualize the spatial distribution of chemical species. For the practical application of this sensor, artifacts in the chemical images due to defects of the semiconductor substrate and contamination of the sensing surface etc. have been a major problem. An image correction method was developed to eliminate the influence of nonuniformity of individual sensor plate.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AbouzarPoghossianSiqueiraetal.2010,
  author    = {Abouzar, Maryam H. and Poghossian, Arshak and Siqueira, Jos{\´e} R. Jr. and Oliveira, Osvaldo N. Jr. and Moritz, Werner and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor structures functionalised with a polyelectrolyte/enzyme multilayer: New strategy for enhanced field-effect biosensing},
  series = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  volume    = {207},
  journal   = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1862-6300},
  doi       = {10.1002/pssa.200983317},
  pages     = {884 -- 890},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {A novel strategy for enhanced field-effect biosensing using capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) structures functionalised with pH-responsive weak polyelectrolyte/enzyme or dendrimer/enzyme multilayers is presented. The feasibility of the proposed approach is exemplarily demonstrated by realising a penicillin biosensor based on a capacitive p-Si-SiO2 EIS structure functionalised with a poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH)/penicillinase and a poly(amidoamine) dendrimer/penicillinase multilayer. The developed sensors response to changes in both the local pH value near the gate surface and the charge of macromolecules induced via enzymatic reaction, resulting in a higher sensitivity. For comparison, an EIS penicillin biosensor with adsorptively immobilised penicillinase has been also studied. The highest penicillin sensitivity of 100 mV/dec has been observed for the EIS sensor functionalised with the PAH/penicillinase multilayer. The lower and upper detection limit was around 20 µM and 10 mM, respectively. In addition, an incorporation of enzymes in a multilayer prepared by layer-by-layer technique provides a larger amount of immobilised enzymes per sensor area, reduces enzyme leaching effects and thus, enhances the biosensor lifetime (the loss of penicillin sensitivity after 2 months was 10-12\%).},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchoeningKirchnerNgetal.2010,
  author    = {Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Kirchner, Patrick and Ng, Yue Ann and Spelthahn, Heiko and Schneider, Andreas and Henkel, Hartmut and Friedrich, Peter and Kolstad, Jens and Berger, J{\"o}rg and Keusgen, Michael},
  title     = {Gas sensor investigation based on a catalytically activated thin-film thermopile for H2O2 detection},
  series = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  volume    = {207},
  journal   = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1862-6300},
  doi       = {10.1002/pssa.200983309},
  pages     = {787 -- 792},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {In aseptic filling systems, hydrogen peroxide vapour is commonly used for the reduction of microbial contaminations in carton packages. In this process, the germicidal efficiency of the vapour depends especially on the H₂O₂ concentration. To monitor the H₂O₂ concentration, a calorimetric H₂O₂ gas sensor based on a catalytically activated thin-film thermopile is investigated. Two different sensor layouts, namely a circular and a linear form, as well as two various material pairs such as tungsten/nickel and gold/nickel, have been examined for the realization of a thin-film thermopile. Additionally, manganese oxide and palladium particles have been compared as responsive catalysts towards H₂O₂. The thin-film sensors have been investigated at various H₂O₂ concentrations, gas temperatures and flow rates.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BuniatyanAbouzarMartirosyanetal.2010,
  author    = {Buniatyan, Vahe V. and Abouzar, Maryam H. and Martirosyan, Norayr W. and Schubert, J{\"u}rgen and Gevorgian, Spartak and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Poghossian, Arshak},
  title     = {pH-sensitive properties of barium strontium titanate (BST) thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition technique},
  series = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  volume    = {207},
  journal   = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1862-6300},
  doi       = {10.1002/pssa.200983310},
  pages     = {824 -- 830},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {pH-sensitive properties of barium strontium titanate (BST) high-k thin films as alternative gate material for field-effect capacitive (bio-)chemical sensors based on an electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor system have been investigated. The BST films of different compositions (Ba0.31Sr0.69TiO3, Ba0.25Sr0.75TiO3 and Mg-doped Ba0.8Sr0.2Mg0.1Ti0.9O3) were deposited by pulsed laser deposition technique from targets fabricated by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. The realised sensors have been electrochemically characterised by means of impedance-spectroscopy, capacitance-voltage and constant-capacitance method. The sensors possess a Nernstian-like pH sensitivity in the concentration range between pH 3 and 11 with a response time of 5-10 s. An equivalent circuit model for the BST-based capacitive field-effect sensor is discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{TurekHeidenGuoetal.2010,
  author    = {Turek, Monik and Heiden, Wolfgang and Guo, Sharon and Riesen, Alfred and Schubert, J{\"u}rgen and Zander, Willi and Kr{\"u}ger, Peter and Keusgen, Michael and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Simultaneous detection of cyanide and heavy metals for environmental analysis by means of µISEs},
  series = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  volume    = {207},
  journal   = {Physica Status Solidi (A)},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1862-6300},
  doi       = {10.1002/pssa.200983303},
  pages     = {817 -- 823},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {In environmental analysis, cyanide and heavy metals play an important role, because these substances are highly toxic for biological systems. They can lead to chronic and acute diseases. Due to the chemical properties of cyanide it is frequently used for industrial processes such as extraction of silver and gold. Heavy metals can be found as trace elements in nature and are often applied in industries e.g., galvanization processes. Up to now, cyanide and heavy metals can be detected by several sensors separately and their detection is often limited to laboratory investigations. In this publication, with regard to an in situ analysis, a new miniaturized silicon-based sensor system for the simultaneous detection of cyanide and heavy metals in aqueous solutions is presented that is based on chalcogenide glass-based micro ion-selective electrodes (µISEs). The µISEs are incorporated into a specially designed measuring system for the simultaneous detection of heavy metals and cyanide in solutions and validated by simultaneous measurements of Cu2+- and CN--ions, Cd2+- and CN-- ions and Pb2+- and CN--ions. The particular sensor system has shown good sensor properties in the µ-molar ion-concentration range. For simultaneous measurements in complex heavy metal and cyanide solutions an intelligent software using fuzzy logic is discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}