Solid State Gas Sensing

Gas sensing is rapidly developing due to the advent of nanotechnology. This book provides and insight into reliable, inexpensive and portable systems for monitoring environmental concerns, indoor air quality, food quality, and many other specific applications.

Solid State Gas Sensing offers insight into the principles, applications, and new trends in gas sensor technology. Developments in this field are rapidly advancing due to the recent and continuing impact of nanotechnology, and this book addresses the demand for small, reliable, inexpensive and portable systems for monitoring environmental concerns, indoor air quality, food quality, and many other specific applications. Working principles, including electrical, permittivity, field effect, electrochemical, optical, thermometric and mass (both quartz and cantilever types), are discussed, making the book valuable and accessible to a variety of researchers and engineers in the field of material science.

Describes the working principle and the applications related to the different type of sensors Notes the recent impact of nanotechnology on the field Deals with all the fundamental aspects of solid-state gas sensing as well as new, hot topics that are changing research in the field

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Solid State Gas Sensors offers insight into the principles, applications, and new trends in gas sensor technology. Developments in this field are rapidly advancing due to the recent and continuing impact of nanotechnology, and this book addresses the demand for small, reliable, inexpensive and portable systems for monitoring environmental concerns, indoor air quality, food quality, and many other specific applications. Working principles, including electrical, permittivity, field effect, electrochemical, optical, thermometric and mass (both quartz and cantilever types), are discussed, making the book valuable and accessible to a variety of researchers and engineers in the field of material science.

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Solid State Gas Sensing offers insight into the principles, applications, and new trends in gas sensor technology. Developments in this field are rapidly advancing due to the recent and continuing impact of nanotechnology, and this book addresses the demand for small, reliable, inexpensive and portable systems for monitoring environmental concerns, indoor air quality, food quality, and many other specific applications. Working principles, including electrical, permittivity, field effect, electrochemical, optical, thermometric and mass (both quartz and cantilever types), are discussed, making the book valuable and accessible to a variety of researchers and engineers in the field of material science.

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Micro-Fabrication of Gas Sensors.- Electrical-Based Gas Sensing.- Capacitive-Type Relative Humidity Sensor with Hydrophobic Polymer Films.- FET Gas-Sensing Mechanism, Experimental and Theoretical Studies.- Solid-State Electrochemical Gas Sensing.- Optical Gas Sensing.- Thermometric Gas Sensing.- Acoustic Wave Gas and Vapor Sensors.- Cantilever-Based Gas Sensing.