Abstract:
The present invention relates to a battery (100) comprising an electrode material (102a), an electrolyte material (104), a battery charge sensor (106, 206, 306) comprising a plasmonic sensing element (108, 208, 308) having a sensing volume (110, 210, 310) within the battery (100, 200, 401) and which upon illumination with electromagnetic radiation exhibits a localized surface plasmon resonance condition being dependent on a charge state of the battery (100, 200, 401). A system and a method for determining a charge state of a battery are further provided.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a method and device for determining a property of an ambient environment. The device comprises a plasmonic sensing element (100); a first light source (130) for illuminating a first and a second light sensor (110, 120), the first sensor (110) via the plasmonic sensing element (100); a second light source (140) for illuminating the light sensors (110, 120); circuitry for executing: a control function (152) controlling light sources (130, 140), a function (154) receiving a measurement from the first sensor (110), and a first signal from the second sensor (120), a function (156) receiving a reference from the first sensor (110), and a second signal from the second sensor (120), a function (158) determining the property by comparing the measurement and reference signals, and the control function (152) further controlling light sources (130, 140) such that a relation of intensities of light emitted by the light sources (130, 140) is constant over time.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a sensor for detecting an analyte in a fluid. The sensor (100) comprising: a fluidic channel (102) arranged to receive a flow of the fluid, a plasmonic sensor (104) which upon resonant excitation exhibits a localized surface plasmon resonance condition thereby forming a sensing volume (106) within the fluidic channel (102), a binding portion (108) arranged inside the sensing volume (106) for binding the analyte. A system for detecting an analyte in a fluid, the system comprising the sensor, and a method for detecting an analyte in a fluid are also presented.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a battery (100) comprising an electrode material (102a), an electrolyte material (104), a battery charge sensor (106, 206, 306) comprising a plasmonic sensing element (108, 208, 308) having a sensing volume (110, 210, 310) within the battery (100, 200, 401) and which upon illumination with electromagnetic radiation exhibits a localized surface plasmon resonance condition being dependent on a charge state of the battery (100, 200, 401). A system and a method for determining a charge state of a battery are further provided.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a gas sensor comprising a sensor layer (100) comprising a plasmonic sensor (102) provided so as to allow, upon illumination with electromagnetic radiation a localized surface plasmon resonance condition, a sensing layer (106) comprising a gas permeable material that, when exposed to a gas, modifies the localized surface plasmon resonance condition, a separating layer (104) arranged in between the sensor layer (100) and the sensing layer (106) such that the plasmonic sensor (102) is separated from the sensing layer (106). A gas sensing system and a method for sensing a presence of a gas is further disclosed.