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This paper reviews our work on the development of microwave carbon nanotube resonator sensors for gas detection. The sensor consists of a radio frequency resonator coated with a layer of carbon nanotubes. Upon exposure to gasses, the resonant frequency of the sensor shifts to indicate the presence of gasses. Our experimental results demonstrate that the microwave carbon nanotube resonator sensor achieves a sensitivity of 4000 Hz/ppm upon exposure to ammonia and the resonant frequency is recovered when ammonia is evacuated. The sensing mechanism is dependent on electron transfer from the ammonia to the nanotubes. This sensor platform has great potential for wireless sensing network applications.

This paper reviews our work on the development of microwave carbon nanotube resonator sensors for gas detection. The sensor consists of a radio frequency resonator coated with a layer of carbon nanotubes. Upon exposure to gasses, the resonant frequency of the sensor shifts to indicate the presence of gasses. Our experimental results demonstrate that the microwave carbon nanotube resonator sensor achieves a sensitivity of 4000 Hz/ppm upon exposure to ammonia and the resonant frequency is recovered when ammonia is evacuated. The sensing mechanism is dependent on electron transfer from the ammonia to the nanotubes. This sensor platform has great potential for wireless sensing network applications.

A multi-functional crop intelligent monitoring system, including internet and Arduino micro-controllers, function to upload humiture, soil moisture, light intensity, PM2.5, harmful gas and other real time data. The system's other functions include automatic watering of crops when the humidity data exceeds warning levels, broadcasting the condition of crops by Microblog, remotely controlling the watering and lighting by web and WeChat and remote video monitoring. Data collection of sensor data is conducted by Arduino UNO micro-controller and the data is uploaded real time into the internet by HLK-RM04 WiFi module. Software functions of the system include real time charts by Websocket, JavaScript in PC and mobile internet, and concurrently, the implementation of WeChat control and Microblog broadcast through Tencent micro channel public platform and Sina Microblog.