Dr. Angelo Sampaolo and Dr. Hongpeng Wu are currently accepting submissions for the upcoming Special Issue titled “Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic and Photothermal Spectroscopy”, which will be published in Applied Sciences (impact factor = 1.689) . The Special Issue belongs to the section “Acoustics and Vibrations“and is open to both original research articles and review articles, Leggi di piùSpecial Issue “Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic and Photothermal Spectroscopy” on Applied Sciences[…]

The PolySense team has just published  a new article on Sensors and Actuators B Chemical journal reporting on a methane, ethane and propane quartz-enhanced photoacoustic sensor employing a single interband cascade laser source. The following link provide access to the article. http://polysense.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/100_C1-C2-C2-QEPAS_Sens-Act-B_2018.pdf

Prof. Spagnolo on December 7th will give a seminar at the Department of Material Science & Engineering of University of Texas at Dallas on “Recent Advances in Design, Realization and Testing of Custom Quartz Tuning Forks for Gas Sensing Applications”.

The PolySense Team has participated to the 2018 edition of the “Salone dello Studente” in Rome 13-15 November as representative of the Technical University of Bari.

Prof. Spagnolo has given a talk on October 26th at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics on “Quartz-Enhanced Photo Acoustic Spectroscopy, basics, merits and recent advances”.

The PolySense team has just published  a new article on Applied Physics Letters journal reporting on a nitrous oxide quartz-enhanced photoacoustic detection employing a broadband distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser array. The following link provide access to the article. http://polysense.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/96_OL_octupole_2018.pdf

The PolySense team has just published a new article on IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL  journal reporting on the main loss mechanisms determining the quality factors in quartz tuning forks vibrating at the fundamental and first overtone modes. The following link provide access to the article. http://polysense.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/98_IEEE_trans_Q-factor_2018.pdf

Prof. Vincenzo Spagnolo, director of the PolySense Lab on July 27th 2018 has been awarded with the “Premio Re Manfredi” . This reward is conferred due to the large number of collaboration managed by Prof. Spagnolo with prestigious University, Research centers and Industries located in USA, Cina, Singapore and Europe.

Prof. Vincenzo Spagnolo, director of the PolySense Lab on May 19th 2018 has been granted with the “Terra del Sole AWARD”. This reward is conferred every year to talent and prominent personalities from Puglia distinguished in their field and able to establish themselves in Italy and abroad thanks to creativity, skill, intuit.

The PolySense team has just published a new article on Sensors and Actuators B Chemical journal reporting on a novel trace gas sensor exploiting fiber-ring laser intracavity quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy. The following link provide access to the article. http://polysense.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/97_FLY-QEPAS_-Sens-Act-B_2018.pdf