The phrase "act as a sensor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where something is functioning in the capacity of a sensor, typically in technical or scientific discussions.
Example: "The device is designed to act as a sensor, detecting changes in temperature and humidity."
Alternatives: "function as a sensor" or "serve as a sensor."
Ames devised a special strain of bacterial cells that act as a "sensor" for mutations and therefore can also detect mutagenic chemicals.
As a material highly sensitive to the environment, graphene could act as a sensor with a single device measuring strain, gas, magnetism or pressure.
However, exposure of these C WO3 nano-platelets to ethanol significantly increased the conductance, confirming that WO3 can act as a sensor of ethanol.
Another DEAD box helicase, DDX3 is reported to act as a sensor for viral RNA in conjunction with RIG-I and MDA5.
After phosphorylation of Tyr414 by BTK kinase, DDX41 will act as a sensor to recognize the invaders, followed by induction of type I interferons (IFN).
The ability of the fabricated MIP to act as a sensor of determining TCH in a few biological matrices was investigated.
These results indicate functional specialization: OsPT11 may be responsible for both AM development and symbiotic phosphate uptake, whereas OsPT13 may act as a sensor to detect the phosphate level appropriate for arbuscule development (Yang et al., 2012).
PBP4 has recently been shown to act as a sensor of the presence of penicillins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and our models offer a clue to the structural basis for this effect.
In this current study, we designed and developed a dipicolylamine-coumarin-chlorambucil (Dpa-Cm-Cmbl) based system which can act as a sensor (for the prostatic zinc i.e. diagnosis) as well as photoresponsive drug delivery system (treatment).
Additionally, the role of G protein-coupled receptor 17 (GPrecentlycently shown to act as a sensor for WM damage, was explored to assess its potential recruitment and activation of endogenous glial progenitor cells for such WM self-repair.
Although it has one of the best advantages to be able for a single piezoelectric transducer to act as a sensor and an actuator, simultaneously, its low curie temperature makes it difficult for the EMI technique to be conducted at high temperature environment.
