Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Dong, Tao"
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A capacitive touch screen sensor for detection of urinary tract infections in portable biomedical devices
Honrado, Carlos; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) is the second highest among all infections; thus, there is a high demand for bacteriuria detection. Escherichia coli are the main cause of UTIs, with microscopy methods and urine ... -
A microfluidic device for continuous sensing of systemic acute toxicants in drinking water
Zhao, Xinyan; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)A bioluminescent-cell-based microfluidic device for sensing toxicants in drinking water was designed and fabricated. The system employed Vibrio fischeri cells as broad-spectrum sensors to monitor potential systemic cell ... -
A review of wearable technologies for elderly care that can accurately track indoor position, recognize physical activities and monitor vital signs in real time
Wang, Zhihua; Yang, Zhaochu; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Rapid growth of the aged population has caused an immense increase in the demand for healthcare services. Generally, the elderly are more prone to health problems compared to other age groups. With effective monitoring and ... -
Application of electrochemical methods for the detection of abiotic stress biomarkers in plants
Li, Zhilei; Zhou, Jianping; Dong, Tao; Xu, Yan; Shang, Yukui (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Abiotic stress is the main cause of low productivity in plants. Therefore, it is important to detect stress and respond to it in a timely manner to avoid irreversible damage to plant productivity and health. The application ... -
Bi-objective optimization of axial profile of pin fin with uniform base heat flux
Dong, Tao; Shi, Zhongyuan; Jensen, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Cone shaped pin fin with curved profile and uniform base heat flux was investigated. The result from simultaneous optimization in regard of fin efficiency and total volume is presented. The profile is represented by the ... -
Capacitance variation induced by microfluidic two-phase flow across insulated interdigital electrodes in lab-on-chip devices
Dong, Tao; Barbosa, Catia Sofia Rodrigues (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Microfluidic two-phase flow detection has attracted plenty of interest in various areas of biology, medicine and chemistry. This work presents a capacitive sensor using insulated interdigital electrodes (IDEs) to detect ... -
Characterization of the Electrical Properties of a Double Heterostructure GaN/AlGaN Epitaxial Layer with an AlGaN Interlayer
Meng, Qingzhi; Lin, Qijing; Jing, Weixuan; Mao, Qi; Zhao, Libo; Fang, Xudong; Dong, Tao; Jiang, Zhuangde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper proposes a double-heterostructure (DH) GaN/AlGaN epitaxial layer that contains an AlGaN interlayer. The electrical properties are characterized and compared with conventional single-heterostructure (SH) GaN/AlGaN ... -
Continuous and real-time detection of drinking-water pathogens with a low-cost fluorescent optofluidic sensor
Simôes, Joâo; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Growing access to tap water and consequent expansion of water distribution systems has created numerous challenges to maintaining water quality between the treatment node and final consumer. Despite all efforts to develop ... -
Design and experimental approach to the construction of a human signal-molecule-profiling database
Zhao, Xinyan; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The human signal-molecule-profiling database (HSMPD) is designed as a prospective medical database for translational bioinformatics (TBI). To explore the feasibility of low-cost database construction, we studied the roadmap ... -
Design and fabrication of low-cost 1536-chamber microfluidic microarrays for mood-disorders-related serological studies
Zhao, Xinyan; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Mood disorders are common mental diseases, but physiological diagnostic methods are still lacking. Since much evidence has implied a relationship between mood disorders and the protein composition of blood sera, it is ... -
A Dynamic Threshold Cancellation Technique for a High-Power Conversion Efficiency CMOS Rectifier
Godinho, António; Yang, Zhaochu; Dong, Tao; Gonçalves, Luís; Mendes, Paulo; Wen, Yumei; Li, Ping; Jiang, Zhuangde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Power conversion efficiency (PCE) has been one of the key concerns for power management circuits (PMC) due to the low output power of the vibrational energy harvesters. This work reports a dynamic threshold cancellation ... -
Microfluidic Biosensor Array with Integrated Poly(2,7-Carbazole)/Fullerene-Based Photodiodes for Rapid Multiplexed Detection of Pathogens
Pires, Nuno Miguel Matos; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)A multiplexed microfluidic biosensor made of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) was integrated into an array of organic blend heterojunction photodiodes (OPDs) for chemiluminescent detection of pathogens. Waterborne Escherichia ... -
Mitigating hook effect in one-step quantitative sandwich lateral flow assay by timed conjugate release
He, Guozhen; Dong, Tao; Yang, Zhaochu; Jiang, Zhuangde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sandwich lateral flow assay (LFA) is one of the most successfully commercialized paper-based biosensors, which offers a rapid, low-cost, one-step assay. Despite its advantages, conventional sandwich LFA is fundamentally ... -
Modeling, Design, and Fabrication of Self-Doping Si1−xGex/Si Multiquantum Well Material for Infrared Sensing
Jiang, Bo; Gu, Dandan; Zhang, Yulong; Su, Yan; He, Yong; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The paper presents the study of band distributions and thermoelectric properties of self-doping Si1−xGex/Si multiquantum well material for infrared detection. The simulations of different structures (including boron doping, ... -
Monitoring aquaculture water quality: Design of an early warning sensor with Aliivibrio fischeri and predictive models
da Silva, Luis Filipe B. A.; Yang, Zhaochu; Matos Pires, Nuno Miguel; Dong, Tao; Teien, Hans-Christian; Storebakken, Trond; Salbu, Brit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A novel toxicity-warning sensor for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is presented. The design of the sensor system mainly comprises a whole-cell biosensor. Aliivibrio fischeri, a luminescent ... -
PDMS microlenses for focusing light in narrow band imaging diagnostics
Costa, Adriana C; Pimenta, Sara; Ribeiro, João F.; Silva, Manuel F; Wolffenbuttel, Reinoud F; Dong, Tao; Yang, Zhaochu; Correia, José H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Minimally invasive medical devices can greatly benefit from Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) diagnostic capabilities, as different wavelengths allow penetration of distinct layers of the gastrointestinal tract mucosa, improving ... -
Photodynamic therapy review: Principles, photosensitizers, applications, and future directions
Correia, José H.; Rodrigues, José A.; Pimenta, Sara; Dong, Tao; Yang, Zhaochu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality that has gained great attention in the past years as a new therapy for cancer treatment. PDT uses photosensitizers that, after being excited by light ... -
Recent developments in optical detection technologies in Lab-on-a-Chip devices for biosensing applications
Pires, Nuno Miguel Matos; Dong, Tao; Hanke, Ulrik; Hoivik, Nils (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The field of microfluidics has yet to develop practical devices that provide real clinical value. One of the main reasons for this is the difficulty in realizing low-cost, sensitive, reproducible, and portable analyte ... -
Smartphone-based urinary biomarker detection: an application-oriented device and algorithm
Karlsen, Haakon (Doctoral dissertations at the University College of Southeast Norway;30, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Persons of advanced age have a higher risk of contracting urinary tract infection than the general population. Functional impairments, cognitive impairments, urine incontinence and advanced age encumbers the management of ... -
Temperature-dependence in battery management systems for electric vehicles: Challenges, criteria, and solutions
Karlsen, Haakon; Dong, Tao; Yang, Zhaochu; Carvalho, Rui (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Owing to a global effort towards reducing carbon emissions, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged to replace the petroleum-fueled vehicles. However, the battery is a bottleneck restricting EVs from being utilized in the ...