BIOSENSING TECHNICS FOR HUMAN DETECTION. 1. THE FROG SKIN TRANSDUCER: PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENT

Abstract

Isolated frog skin used as a transducer whose bioelectrical potential is measured as a function of chemical species and concentration, is shown to offer large, reproducible, reversible changes to a variety of organic substances of low molecular weight, over a concentration range of at least five log units. A high degree of variability of response between frog skins, and a lack of data on ultimate sensitivities at usefully low levels for selected substances, are major problems that remain to be examined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0609436

Entities

People

  • Alfred T. Kornfield
  • Clyde S. Barnhart Sr
  • Max Krauss

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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  • Sensors

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  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • Composite Materials
  • Human Body
  • Literature
  • Massachusetts
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Membranes
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Weight
  • North Carolina
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transducers
  • Transport Ships
  • Warfare

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  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
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  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology