TY  - JOUR
A1  - Oberländer, Jan
A1  - Jildeh, Zaid B.
A1  - Kirchner, Patrick
A1  - Wendeler, Luisa
A1  - Bromm, Alexander
A1  - Iken, Heiko
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Study of Interdigitated Electrode Arrays Using Experiments and Finite Element Models for the Evaluation of Sterilization Processes
JF  - Sensors
N2  - In this work, a sensor to evaluate sterilization processes with hydrogen peroxide vapor has been characterized. Experimental, analytical and numerical methods were applied to evaluate and study the sensor behavior. The sensor set-up is based on planar interdigitated electrodes. The interdigitated electrode structure consists of 614 electrode fingers spanning over a total sensing area of 20 mm2. Sensor measurements were conducted with and without microbiological spores as well as after an industrial sterilization protocol. The measurements were verified using an analytical expression based on a first-order elliptical integral. A model based on the finite element method with periodic boundary conditions in two dimensions was developed and utilized to validate the experimental findings.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s151026115
SN  - 1424-8220
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Gas Sensors—Designs and Applications"
VL  - 15
IS  - 10
SP  - 26115
EP  - 26127
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Oberländer, Jan
A1  - Jildeh, Zaid B.
A1  - Kirchner, Patrick
A1  - Wendeler, Luisa
A1  - Bromm, Alexander
A1  - Iken, Heiko
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Experimental and numerical evaluation of interdigitated electrode array for monitoring gaseous sterilization processes
T2  - 12. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium 2015
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5162/12dss2015/P3.11
SP  - 163
EP  - 168
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jildeh, Zaid B.
A1  - Oberländer, Jan
A1  - Kirchner, Patrick
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Wagner, Patrick H.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Experimental and Numerical Analyzes of a Sensor Based on Interdigitated Electrodes for Studying Microbiological Alterations
JF  - physica status solidi (a): applications and materials science
N2  - In this work, a cell-based biosensor to evaluate the sterilization efficacy of hydrogen peroxide vapor sterilization processes is characterized. The transducer of the biosensor is based on interdigitated gold electrodes fabricated on an inert glass substrate. Impedance spectroscopy is applied to evaluate the sensor behavior and the alteration of test microorganisms due to the sterilization process. These alterations are related to changes in relative permittivity and electrical conductivity of the bacterial spores. Sensor measurements are conducted with and without bacterial spores (Bacillus atrophaeus), as well as after an industrial sterilization protocol. Equivalent two-dimensional numerical models based on finite element method of the periodic finger structures of the interdigitated gold electrodes are designed and validated using COMSOL® Multiphysics software by the application of known dielectric properties. The validated models are used to compute the electrical properties at different sensor states (blank, loaded with spores, and after sterilization). As a final result, we will derive and tabulate the frequency-dependent electrical parameters of the spore layer using a novel model that combines experimental data with numerical optimization techniques.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700920
SN  - 1862-6319
VL  - 215
IS  - 15
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -