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Solid State Gas Sensing

  • 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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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-13
  2. Micro-Fabrication of Gas Sensors

    • Jan Spannhake, Andreas Helwig, Olaf Schulz, Gerhard Müller
    Pages 1-46
  3. Electrical-Based Gas Sensing

    • Elisabetta Comini, Guido Faglia, Giorgio Sberveglieri
    Pages 1-61
  4. FET Gas-Sensing Mechanism, Experimental and Theoretical Studies

    • Anita Lloyd Spetz, Magnus Skoglundh, Lars Ojamäe
    Pages 1-27
  5. Solid-State Electrochemical Gas Sensing

    • Norio Miura, Perumal Elumalai, Vladimir V. Plashnitsa, Taro Ueda, Ryotaro Wama, Masahiro Utiyama
    Pages 1-27
  6. Optical Gas Sensing

    • Ilaria Cacciari, Giancarlo C. Righini
    Pages 1-28
  7. Thermometric Gas Sensing

    • István Bársony, Csaba Dücső, Péter Fürjes
    Pages 1-24
  8. Acoustic Wave Gas and Vapor Sensors

    • Samuel J. Ippolito, Adrian Trinchi, David A. Powell, Wojtek Wlodarski
    Pages 1-44
  9. Cantilever-Based Gas Sensing

    • Hans Peter Lang
    Pages 1-24
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 1-9

About this book

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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From the reviews: “This book offers insight into the principles, applications and new trends in gas sensor technology. Developments in this area are rapidly advancing, so the timing of this book’s publication is perfect. It covers sensors based on many different approaches, making it useful to a wide variety of people.” (Hsuing Hsu, Optics & Photonics News, February, 2010)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipto. Chimica e Fisica per l'Ingegneria, e per i Material, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Elisabetta Comini, Guido Faglia, Giorgio Sberveglieri

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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