Sensors Based on Nanostructured Materials

Sensors Based on Nanostructured Materials presents the many different techniques and methods of fabricating materials on the nanometer scale, and, specifically, the utilization of these resources with regard to sensors. The techniques which are described are studied from an application-oriented perspective, providing the reader with a broader perspective of the types of nanostructured sensors available than other books which concentrate on theoretical situations related to specific fabrication techniques. Rather than focus on possible techniques for future fabrication, this book describes and explores well established techniques for fabricating sensors using nanostructured materials, and serves as a multidisciplinary text which considers the uses in optics, electronics, and biochemistry.

Complete discussion of sensors based on carbon nanotubes including sensing applications of carbonanotubes, gas, volatile organic compounds, flow, pH, glucose, biomolecules detection and other biological sensors Coverage of Nanowires, Nanobelts, and Novel Nanostructures and sensing applications such as gas, electronic noses, and chemical warfare agents Discusses Nanocoatings on optical fibers including sensing applications such as humidity, gas, volatile organic compounds and biological recognition Discusses the relatively new encapsulated probes for sensing and applications such as pH, calcium, oxygen, glucose and intracellular imaging Complete coverage of Biosensors by means of nanostructured materials and types of nanostructured biosensors such as DNA-protein conjugates, template-imprinted nanostructures, nanostructured electrodes for biosensing and methods of synthesis Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext

Sensors Based on Nanostructured Materials presents the many different techniques and methods of fabricating materials on the nanometer scale and specifically, the utilization of these resources with regard to sensors. The techniques which are described here are studied from an application-oriented perspective, providing the reader with a broader view of the types of nanostructured sensors available. The material covered includes:

• Sensors based on carbon nanotubes and fullerenes

• Non-carbon nanotubes arrays

• Nanowires, nanocombs, nanobelts, nanorods, nanoswords and nanosquids

• Metal oxides and semiconductors: nanotemplates, nanowires and nanocrystals

• Quantum Dots

• Nanostructured magnetic sensors

• Encapsulated probes

• Optical fiber sensors based on nanostructured coatings

• Nanostructured sensors on flexible substrates

  Some of the sensing applications described in the 10 chapters of this book are: temperature, pressure, strain, radiation, flow, magnetic fields, gases, volatile organic compounds, ions, chemicals, biosensors, immunoassays, DNA detection, biological recognition, glucose, enzymatic detection, cell detection, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and others.

  Sensors Based on Nanostructures Materials is suitable for academic and industrial research scientists as well as engineers.

  Inhalt
  Carbon Nanotube and Fullerene Sensors.- Non-carbon Nanotubes: Hydrogen Sensors Based on TiO2.- Alternative Nanostructured Sensors: Nanowires, Nanobelts, and Novel Nanostructures.- Nanosensors: Controlling Transduction Mechanisms at the Nanoscale Using Metal Oxides and Semiconductors.- Quantum Dots for Sensing.- Nanostructured Magnetic Sensors.- Encapsulated Probes.- Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Nanostructured Coatings.- Nanostructured Flexible Materials: Metal Rubber™ Strain Sensors.