Newton, MI ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4231-1002, Atherton, S, Morris, RH ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-3457, Stanley, SM, Evans, CR, Hughes, DC and McHale, G, 2010. Low-cost QCM sensor system for screening semen samples. Journal of Sensors, 2010.
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Abstract
Artificial insemination is a well-established part of modern agricultural practice. A viable semen sample is judged by the total number of spermatozoa (sperm) in the sample and the motility of the sperm. In this paper, we report the development of a reusable measurement cell and electronics for screening semen samples based on the Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) and Universal Frequency to Digital Converter (UFDC-1) to produce a low-cost sensor system. After introducing the semen sample at one end of the measurement cell, sperm swim down a channel before causing a frequency change on the QCM. Data is presented that shows the different frequency changes using a commercial frequency counter caused by porcine semen samples, one two days old and one twenty one days old. Similar data is presented for a motile semen sample measurement using the low-cost UFDC-1.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Publication Title: | Journal of Sensors |
Creators: | Newton, M.I., Atherton, S., Morris, R.H., Stanley, S.M., Evans, C.R., Hughes, D.C. and McHale, G. |
Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
Date: | 2010 |
Volume: | 2010 |
Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1155/2010/326365 DOI |
Rights: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons AttributionLicense, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology |
Record created by: | EPrints Services |
Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 10:55 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2017 13:44 |
URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/20068 |
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