Materials and Applications for Sensors and Transducers -- Preface, Organizers and Committees -- Table of Contents -- Study of the early Stage of Deposition Process for Electrodeposited Ni100-XFeX Thin Films -- Electrical Permittivity of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanocomposites Filled with Organoclay and Graphite Nanoplatelets: Compared and Contrasted -- Sensing Element Made of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube Network for Organic Vapor Detection -- Effect of Substrate Temperature on Microstructural Characteristics of Thermal Sprayed Superalloys -- Silver-Rutile UV Sensor Fabricated on Thermally Oxidized Titanium Foil -- Marketing Dynamic Simulation Modelling in High Tech Laboratories -- Metamaterial Sensor Based on WGM -- Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube/Low Density Polyethylene Composites for Strain Sensing -- Nanostructures of Water Molecules in Iteratively Filtered Water -- Metrological Performances of Smart Structures Based on Bragg Grating Sensors -- Cyclodextrin-Based Supramolecular Multilayer Assemblies for the Design of Biological Optical Sensors Using Tilted Fiber Bragg Gratings -- Cyclodextrin-Based Supramolecular Multilayer Assemblies for the Design of Chemical Optical Sensors Using Tilted Fiber Bragg Gratings -- Metrological Performances of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and Comparison with Electrical Strain Gauges -- New Ti-Alloy with Negative and Zero Thermal Expansion Coefficients -- Performance Optimization in Switched Reluctance Motor Drives -- Magnetoelastic Viscosity Sensor for Lubricant Oil Condition Monitoring -- Optical Electronic Nose Based on Fe (III) Complex of Porphyrins Films for Detection of Volatile Compounds -- Detection of Formaldehyde Using Plasmonic Properties of Gold Nanoparticles -- Improved Selectivity of Oxidized Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Network for Detection of Ethanol Vapor.

Polymer Coated Microfabricated Interdigitated Electrodes Arrays for Gas Sensing Applications -- Using the Own Flexibility of a Climbing Robot as a Double Force Sensor -- Study and Application of Micrometric Alignment on the Prototype Girders of the CLIC Two-Beam Module -- Oxhydroelectric Effect: Electricity from Water by Twin Electrodes -- Experimental Evidence of a Neutron Flux Generation in a Plasma Discharge Electrolytic Cell -- Growth, Structural and Mechanical Characterization and Reliability of Chemical Vapor Deposited Co and Co3O4 Thin Films as Candidate Materials for Sensing Applications -- Threshold Voltage and Sub-Threshold Slope Variation with Gate-Length in Al2O3/InAlAs/InGaAs Quantum Well (QW) FET's -- Development of an Electrochemical Maltose Biosensor -- Radiation Dosimeter Based on Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Structures Containing Silicon Nanocrystals -- Water Plasma Modes and Nuclear Transmutations on the Metallic Cathode of a Plasma Discharge Electrolytic Cell -- SHM System Based on ANN for Aeronautical Applications -- Qualitative and Quantitative Architecture Characterisation of Porous Materials -- TiO2 Coating onto Fe Powders via Fluidized Bed CVD -- Study of Thermal Behavior of Porcelain Insulators with the Finite Element Method -- Evaluation of Wall Paint Emissivity during Infrared Thermography Temperature Measurement -- Building the Interactive Relationship between the Top Management and the External Project Manager: The Communication Plan in Laboratory Research -- Outsourcing in the Field of Information Technology in Maritime Companies -- Selecting the Project Teams' Members. A Challenging Human Resources Management Process for Laboratory Research -- Outsourcing or Insourcing in the High Technology Systems Sector in a Maritime Company -- Pricing Strategy Dynamic Simulation Modelling within the High-Tech Sector.

The Performance Management after Mergers and Acquisitions in High Technology Manufacturing Business -- The Role of Leadership in High Tech Manufacturing Companies in a Changing Environment -- Commensurability of the Structures of Boride Layers -- Web Adds -- Effect of Sintering Temperature on Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Nanozinc Oxide Varistor -- Refractive Index Sensing Based on a Fiber Bragg Grating with Micro-Holes -- Cold Working Degree Determination in Low Carbon Steel with Barkhausen Noise Analysis -- Low Frequency Measurements in Amorphous Wire for Studying GMI Effect -- Correlation between Barkhausen Noise and Plastic Deformation in TRIP 800 Steel Specimens -- Residual Stress Prediction in Welds via the Barkhausen Noise Technique -- Correlation of Structural Characteristics of Low Carbon Ferritic Steel with Magnetic Properties -- Studying Structure and Magnetic Properties of Armco Steel after Mechanical Treatment -- Cordless Position Sensor Based on the Magnetostrictive Delay Line Principle -- Magnetic Field Sensor Based on the Domain Wall Nucleation and Propagation -- Steel Hardness Determination Using the Barkhausen Noise Effect -- Barkhausen Frequency Response in a-Fe Steels -- Fabrication and First Characterization of Ni2MnGa Glass-Coated Microwires -- Study of the Repetitive Stressing of the Ancient Iron T-CLAMS of Epikourios Apollon Temple -- Evaluation of Wall Paint Emissivity during Infrared Thermography Temperature Measurement -- Study of Thermal Behavior of Porcelain Insulators with the Finite Element Method -- The Corrosion Influence of 3,5% NaCl - Water Solution on Mechanical, Magnetical and Micro-Failure Behavior of ARMCO Steel -- Use of Superficial Magnetic Techniques to Evaluate the Mechanical Properties of Duplex Stainless Steels.

Correlation of Microstructure to Macroscopic Magnetic Measurements on Electrical Steels -- Comparative Study in Magnetic Composites with PMMA and PS Matrices Made by Suspension Polymerization -- Physics and Modeling of Magnetic Non Destructive Testing Techniques -- On the Mechanical Properties Determination of Armco Steel Using Magnetic Hysteresis Loop and Barkhausen Noise -- Non-Destructive Testing of Mechanical Properties of Magnetic Materials Using Barkhausen Noise and B-H Loop Techniques -- Investigation of Strain Sensing Capabilities of Amorphous Magnetostrictive Wires Embedded in Epoxy Resin -- Studies of Magnetic Properties of Amorphous Microwires Produced by Combination of by Quenching, Glass Removal and Drawing Techniques -- An Experimental Investigation of Magnetorheological (MR) Fluids under Quasi-Static Loadings -- Hydrogen Detection with Noble Metal-TiO2 Schottky Diodes -- Possibilities for Thick, Simple-Structure Silicon X-Ray Detectors Operated by Peltier Cooling -- Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Based Sensors for Selective Detection of Chemical Pollutants -- Single Sensor Gas Analysis Using a Microfluidic Channel -- Investigating the Impact of Research and Development Strategy on Firm Performance -- Fast Diagnosis of Volatile Organic Compounds with a Temperature-Modulated Chemoresistor -- Optical Detection of the Pesticide by Functionalized Quantum Dots as Fluorescence-Based Biosensor -- A Study of the Optimal Composition of the Bath Used for the Electrodeposition of Invar Alloy Thin Films -- CO Sensing Properties of La1-xCaxFeO3 Perovskite Nanocrystalline Materials -- Gas Sensing Properties of Nanocrystalline Nd1-xCaxFeO3 -- Recognition and Electrochemical Sensing of 8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine with Molecularly Imprinted Poly (ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) Thin Films -- High-Temperature Sensor Based on Neutron-Irradiated 6H-SiC.

PVD of N-CuIn3Se5 Photoabsorber Films -- Fabrication of Porous Layer on the Nondoped Amorphous SiC Thin Film by Anodic Etching Method in HF/H2O/H2O2 -- Effect of Coordination of Molecules on the Properties of Water as Solvent -- Temperature Response of Magnetostrictive/Piezoelectric Polymer Magnetoelectric Laminates -- Sensing Element Made of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube Network for Organic Vapor Detection -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.