Applications and industries
| Applications | Measured Parameters | Status |
| Transversal applications / Instrumentation Companies | ||
| • Sensors for analytical equipment | • pH • Ions (NH4+, NO3-, K+, Na+, Cl-, Mg2+, CO32-, Ca2+…) |
On Market since 2001 |
| • Fluorescence sensors | Several | Research |
| • Autonomous sensors | - | Research |
| • Wireless sensors | - | Research |
| Pharmaceutical and Agro-alimentary Industry: control and process automation | ||
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• Cleanliness state of production line • Quality Control of final product • Fraud detection • Electronic tongue (classification, quality control) |
• Cleanliness (impedance) • Conductivity • Temperature • ORP • pH • Ions (NH4+, NO3-, K+, Na+, Cl-, Mg2+, CO32-, Ca2+…) |
Industrialization |
| • DQO | Research | |
| Food and Beverage Industry: analytical control, organoleptic features | ||
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• Wine analytical control
• Electronic tongue (wine classification: Grape variety, Year of production, DO, GI) |
• ORP • pH • Conductivity • Ions (NH4+, NO3-, K+, Na+, Cl-, Mg2+, CO32-, Ca2+…) • Volatile acidity |
Industrialization |
| • Alcohol • VAD • Degrees Brix • Pesticides |
Development | |
| Environmental: control and process automation | ||
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• Sewage treatment plants (industries, industrial estates or cities). • Dumping (water reuse). • Environmental Contamination. • Quality control of water distribution networks. |
ORP pH Conductivity Ions (NH4+, NO3-, K+, Na+, Cl-, Mg2+, CO32-, Ca2+…) DO |
Industrialization |
| • DQO • Heavy metals (Cu2+, Pb2+, Ag+, Cd2+, As3+) • Pollutant detection by optical techniques (interferometry) • Pesticides |
Research | |
| Clinical Diagnostic: blood and urine analysis | ||
| • Clinical Diagnosis | • pH • Ions (NH4+, K+, Na+, Ca2+…) |
Industrialization |
| • Several metabolites and bio-molecules (glucose, urea, control of metabolic reactions, immunoreactions…) | Research | |
| Chemical Industry | ||
| • Ultraviolet sensors | • Level curing epoxy resins • Fire detection |
Development |
| Lighting | ||
| • LED’s (display lighting) based nanocrystals | Development | |
