Title : 
Electromagnetic field computation using COMSOL Multiphysics to evaluate the performance of novel interdigital sensors
         
        
            Author : 
Syaifudin, A. R Mohd ; Mukhopadhyay, S.C. ; Yu, P.L.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Eng. & Adv. Technol., Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Computational method of modeling using COMSOL Multiphysics has been conducted to evaluate the performance of novel interdigital sensors. Based on the electromagnetic field analysis the optimum structure of interdigital sensor has been derived. The uniformity of electric field intensity in the sensing region resulted in the largest sensitivity of measurement. Three different structures of interdigital sensor were designed and fabricated. Experiments using raw seafood contaminated with peptide derivates and biotoxins were conducted.
         
        
            Keywords : 
capacitive sensors; computational electromagnetics; performance evaluation; COMSOL multiphysics; biotoxins; electric field intensity; electromagnetic field computation; interdigital sensors; peptide derivates; performance evaluation; raw seafood;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), 2009
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Kolkata
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4818-0
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4819-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/AEMC.2009.5430661