Multi-transduction sensing films for Electronic Tongue applications

In this paper the use of multi-transduction principle for sensing materials development is reviewed. In particular, the application of porphyrin-based films to a multi-transduction Electronic Tongue system for different analytical tasks is presented. The optical response of sensing films was registered by means of Computer Screen Photoassisted Technology (CSPT) that applies familiar devices, such as computer monitor screen and web-camera, as illumination light source and signal detectors. Simultaneously the electrochemical amperometric or potentiometric response of the same sensing material was measured. Data analysis combining both signals significantly improves the performance of the Electronic Tongue, thus opening new frontiers in application of such a system.