Recent advances in dielectric properties-based soil water content measurements

MI Abdulraheem, H Chen, L Li, AY Moshood, W Zhang… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Dielectric properties are crucial in understanding the behavior of water within soil,
particularly the soil water content (SWC), as they measure a material's ability to store an …

Review of novel and emerging proximal soil moisture sensors for use in agriculture

M Hardie - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The measurement of soil moisture in agriculture is currently dominated by a small number of
sensors, the use of which is greatly limited by their small sampling volume, high cost, need …

Deep-Learning-Guided Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Calibration-Free Pharmaceutical Moisture Content Monitoring

G Han, B Maranzano, C Welch, N Lu, Y Feng - ACS sensors, 2024 - ACS Publications
The moisture content of pharmaceutical powders can significantly impact the physical and
chemical properties of drug formulations, solubility, flowability, and stability. However …

Fabrication and characterization of soil moisture sensors on a biodegradable, cellulose-based substrate

AM Zaccarin, GM Iyer, RH Olsson… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of things (IoT) systems for precision agriculture offer the opportunity for more efficient
use of water and fertilizers. Here, capacitive moisture sensors are screen-printed on a fully …

Study on the dielectric properties and dielectric constant model of laterite

X Xu, H Wang, X Qu, C Li, B Cai, G Peng - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The soil dielectric constant model reflects the relationship between the volumetric water
content and the dielectric constant. The ground penetrating radar (GPR) could quickly …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the effects of microwave heat disturbance on soil microbial communities in Australian agricultural environments: A microcosm study

MJ Khan, G Brodie, SD Jurburg, Q Chen, HW Hu… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Weeds reduce agricultural productivity by competing for resources intended for crops.
Recently, the deactivation of weed seedbanks by microwave (MW) radiation has been …

Dielectric behavior of soil as a function of frequency, temperature, moisture content and soil texture: a deep neural networks based regression model

P Palta, P Kaur, KS Mann - Journal of Microwave Power and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Dielectric behavior of soil has utmost applications in microwave remote sensing and soil
treatment. In the present study, the soil's dielectric properties (Ɛ'and Ɛ") were measured …

Effect of vermicompost additive on physical, chemical and dielectric properties of soil and its modeling

P Palta, A Kumar - Journal of Microwave Power and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present study focuses on the effects of vermicomposting on various soil properties,
particularly emphasizing the dielectric characteristics of soil. Vermicomposting is known to …

An alternative technology using microwaves for dry back process of unbound granular pavements during construction–A review

G Athmarajah, A Sounthararajah, JP Walker… - Transportation …, 2024 - Elsevier
Field compaction practice and (or) weather conditions could lead to excessively wet
unbound granular pavement materials (UGMs) or pavement layers that are problematic for …

Soil moisture evaluation with spiral fringing field capacitive sensors

BA Oommen, J Philip - International Journal of Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
This work reports the design, fabrication, implementation and testing of Archimedean spiral,
fringing field, planar interdigital capacitive sensor employing printed circuit board technology …