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ISM (Industrial Scientific and Medical standard) band flex fuel sensor using electrical metamaterial device

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A stand-alone device working on the electrical metamaterial concept, operating at 2.47 GHz (ISM band), using merely 10 μL sample is proposed to detect petrol/ethanol ratio in given hybrid fuel. Systematic shifts in the transmission frequency as well as magnitude are observed, up to a maximum of ~160 MHz and 12 dBm with the hybrid fuels. The sensing was fast with an instantaneous recovery, promising an accurate and sensitive device of detection of flex fuel.

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Authors acknowledge the Vice-Chancellor, DIAT, for support, KPIT Technologies for providing standard hybrid fuels data and Dr. Harsh Rajesh, SAMEER, Mumbai, for dielectric measurements.

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    Vaishali Rawat, Vihang Nadkarni & S. N. Kale

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Rawat, V., Nadkarni, V. & Kale, S.N. ISM (Industrial Scientific and Medical standard) band flex fuel sensor using electrical metamaterial device. Appl. Phys. A 123, 75 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0695-2

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