Bio-Benchmarking of Electronic Nose Sensors 英文参考文献.docVIP

Bio-BenchmarkingofElectronicNoseSensors AmaliaZ.Berna,AlishaR.Anderson,StephenC.Trowell* CSIROEntomologyandCSIROFoodFuturesFlagship,Canberra,AustralianCapitalTerritory,Australia Abstract Background: Electronic noses, E-Noses, are instruments designed to reproduce the performance of animal noses or antennaebutgenerallytheycannotmatchthediscriminatingpowerofthebiologicaloriginalandhave,therefore,beenof limitedutility.Themannerinwhichodorantspaceissampledisacriticalfactorintheperformanceofallnosesbutsofarit hasbeendescribedindetailonlyfortheflyantenna. Methodology:Herewedescribehowasetofmetaloxide(MOx)E-Nosesensors,whichisthemostcommonlyusedtype, samplesodorantspaceandcompareitwithwhatisknownaboutflyodorantreceptors(ORs). PrincipalFindings:Comparedwithafly’s odorantreceptors,MOxsensorsfromanelectronicnoseareonaveragemore narrowlytunedbutmuchmorehighlycorrelatedwitheachother.AsetofinsectORscanthereforesamplebroaderregions of odorant space independently and redundantly than an equivalent number of MOx sensors. The comparison also highlightssomeimportantquestionsaboutthemolecularnatureofflyORs. Conclusions: The comparative approach generates practical learnings that may be taken up by solid-state physicists or engineers in designing new solid-state electronic nose sensors. It also potentially deepens our understanding of the performanceofthebiologicalsystem. Citation:BernaAZ,AndersonAR,TrowellSC(2009)Bio-BenchmarkingofElectronicNoseSensors.PLoSONE4(7):e6406.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006406 Editor:WalterS.Leal,UniversityofCaliforniaDavis,UnitedStatesofAmerica ReceivedApril16,2009;AcceptedJune19,2009;PublishedJuly29,2009 Copyright: ? 2009 Berna et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalauthorandsourcearecredited. Funding: This research was funded by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.