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microsensor

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mi·cro·sen·sor  (mkr-snsr, -sôr, -kr-)
n.
A miniature electronic device that detects information about a specific variable such as temperature or light.


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The microsensors on the chip record, among other things, changes in the acid content of the medium and the cells' oxygen consumption; photographs of the process are also taken by a microscope fitted underneath the microtiter plate.
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The device being developed at the Barcelona Institute of Microelectronics is still at an early stage but in a study published in the Royal Society of Chemistry's journal the Analyst, Cecilia Jonquera- Jimenez and her colleagues announced that by using microsensors to identify chemical ions, their "e-tongue" can distinguish grape varieties Chardonnay, Malvasia, Airen and Macabeu, and can also locate differences between vintages.
 
 
 
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