Journal
CHEMOSENSORS
Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors9090249
Keywords
metal oxide; gas sensor; resistive sensor; single nanowire; machine learning; electronic nose; food spoilage; food freshness
Funding
- University of Trento
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In this study, a non-invasive, small, and fast device composed of a single semiconductor nanowire resistive sensor was used to monitor food freshness at different temperatures. The sensor, sensitive to ammonia and total volatile basic nitrogen, could distinguish between samples of fish and meat based on their freshness levels with high accuracy.
A non-invasive, small, and fast device is needed for food freshness monitoring, as current techniques do not meet these criteria. In this study, a resistive sensor composed of a single semiconductor nanowire was used at different temperatures, combining the responses and processing them with multivariate statistical analysis techniques. The sensor, very sensitive to ammonia and total volatile basic nitrogen, proved to be able to distinguish samples of fish (marble trout, Salmo trutta marmoratus) and meat (pork, Sus scrofa domesticus), both stored at room temperature and 4 degrees C in the refrigerator. Once separated, the fish and meat samples were classified by the degree of freshness/degradation with two different classifiers. The sensor classified the samples (trout and pork) correctly in 95.2% of cases. The degree of freshness was correctly assessed in 90.5% of cases. Considering only the errors with repercussions (when a fresh sample was evaluated as degraded, or a degraded sample was evaluated as edible) the accuracy increased to 95.2%. Considering the size (less than a square millimeter) and the speed (less than a minute), this type of sensor could be used to monitor food production and distribution chains.
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