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7.1 Introduction
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tems. is advancement has utilized microscopic monitoring to contribute a greater understanding of
biological mechanisms in many environmental processes for decades. Currently, microelectromechani-
cal systems (MEMS) microfabrication technology, which is intimately connected to a microelectronic
circuit for amplifying, processing, and transmitting microelectrode (ME) signals, is being successfully
applied to the development of ...