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Research Theme

1. Wearable chemical sensors using Soft-MEMS techniques.
   Flexible and wearable chemical sensors for bio-monitoring have been developed by applying microfabrication techniques to functional polymer membranes.
2. Bio-sniffers with high gas-selectivity
   Biochemical gas-sensors (bio-sniffers) with biological materials have been used for human odor analysis.
3. Ubiquitous measurement system with mobile communication devices and network.
   Novel bio-monitoring system have been developed using mobile communication system, the wearable sensors and body-wired communication techniques.
4. Artificial actuators with biological materials
   Biochemical actuators with Soft-MEMS techniques have been researched for DDS, Robotics, etc.

Publications

1. Kudo H., Iguchi S., Yamada T., Kawase T., Saito H., Otsuka K. and Mitsubayashi K., A flexible transcutaneous oxygen sensor using polymer membranes, Biomed. Microdevices, in press.
2. Kudo H., Sawada T., Kazawa E., Yoshida H., Iwasaki Y. and Mitsubayashi K. A flexible and wearable glucose sensor based on functional polymers with Soft-MEMS techniques. Biosens. Bioelectronics 22: 558-562, 2006.
3. Goto T., Mitsubayashi K., Amagai H., Ishii N., Endo H. and Otsuka K., Biochemical sniffer for odourless H2O2 vapour, The International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, in press.
4. Saito H., Kaneko Y., Hashimoto Y., Shirai T. and Mitsubayashi K., Ammonia sensor with flavin-containing monooxygenase, The International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, in press.
5. Otsuka K., Sumino T., Miyagi M., Togawa T. and Mitsubayashi K., Measurement with a chemical sensor and a dialysis probe supported by a null method, Sensors and Actuators B, Available online 29 March 2006. in Press.
6. Mitsubayashi K., Goto T., Shinoda T., Otsuka K, Jaffrezic-Renault N., Nishi Y., An odorless and colorless chemical-code system using biochemical sniffers. J. Advanced Sci., Vol.18(1&2): 37-38, 2006.
7. Kudo H., Kazawa E., Sasaki T., Iwamoto A., Basic study of spatial resolution measurement for autoradiography systems. J. Advanced Sci., Vol.18(1&2): 140-143, 2006.
8. Mitsubayashi K., Minamide T., Otsuka K., Kudo H. and Saito H., Optical bio-sniffer for methyl mercaptan in halitosis, Anal. Chim. Acta. 573-574(28): 75-80, 2006.
9. Mitsubayashi K., Nakayama K., Taniguchi M., Saito H., Otsuka K. and Kudo H., Bioelectronic sniffer for nicotine using enzyme inhibition, Anal. Chim. Acta. 573-574(28): 69-74, 2006.
10. Hibi K., Abe A., Ohashi E., Mitsubayashi K., Ushio H., Hayashi T., Ren H. and Endo H., Combination of immunomagnetic separation with flow cytometry for detection of Listeria monocytogenes, Anal. Chim. Acta, 573-574(28): 158-163, 2006.
11. Endo H., Yonemori Y., Musiya K., Maita M., Shibuya T., Ren H., Hayashi T. and Mitsubayashi K., A needle-type optical enzyme sensor system for determining glucose levels in fish blood, Anal. Chim. Acta, 573-574(28): 117-124, 2006.
12. Saito H., Mitsubayashi K. and Togawa T., Detection of needle puncture to blood vessel by using electric conductivity of blood for automatic blood sampling. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 125(2): 446-450, 2006.
13. Hibi K., Mitsubayashi K., Fukuda H., Ushio H., Hayashi T., Ren H. and Endo H., Rapid direct determination using combined separation by prepared immunomagnetic and flow cytometry of Flavobacterium psychrophilum, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, In Press.