Electrochemical amperometric gas sensors represent a well-established and versatile type of devices with unique features: good sensitivity and stability, short response/recovery times, and low power consumption. These sensors operate at room temperature, and therefore have been applied in monitoring air pollutants and detection of toxic and hazardous gases in a number of areas. Some drawbacks of classical electrochemical sensors are overcome by the solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) based on ionic liquids. This work presents evaluation of an SPE-based amperometric sensor from the point of view of current fluctuations. The sensor is based on a novel three-electrode sensor platform with solid polymer electrolytes containing ionic liquid for detection of nitrogen dioxide − a highly toxic gas that is harmful to the environment and presenting a possible threat to human health even at low concentrations. The paper focuses on using noise measurement (electric current fluctuation measurement) for evaluation of electrochemical sensors which were constructed by different fabrication processes: (i) lift-off and drop-casting technology, (ii) screen printing technology on a ceramic substrate and (iii) screen printing on a flexible substrate.
Artykuł proponuje odczytanie powieści "The Wake" Philipa Kingsnortha w świetle XVIII-wiecznej tradycji pastoralnej. Medievalistyczny w swej naturze prymitywizm jest tu użyty do opisania kultury i języka Anglo-Sasów. Inną cechą mediewalizmu tej powieści jest prezentyzm. Buccmaster jest w niej zarówno „dzikim człowiekiem”, jak i „szlachetnym dzikusem”. Kingsnorth na sposób pastoralny pisze w duchu antropocentyzmu i skupia się na podziałach klasowych we wczesnośredniowiecznym świecie, który przedstawia na sposób „zielony”, ekologiczny.