"Recent advances in nanotechnology has led use of nanomaterials in the sensing applications. Various carbon and metal oxides nanomaterials have already been successfully applied in gas sensing and detection of heavy metals in natural water. This book will primarily cover nanomaterials with various shapes, viz. nanorods, nanotubes, nanospheres etc. and will include the correlation between their activity in sensing technology with synthetic methods. The book will focus on the various aspects of biosensors with the application of nanomaterials. This book will definitely provide the readers a glimpse to the future development of nanotechnology in sensing devices"--
Recent advances in nanotechnology has led the nanomaterials into the realm of sensing applications. This descriptive book utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to provide extensive information about sensors and elucidates the impact of nanotechnology on development of chemical and biosensors for diversified applications. The main focus of this book is not only the inclusion of various research works, which have already been reported in literature, but also to make a potential conclusion about the mechanism behind this. This book will serve as an invaluable tool for both frontline researchers and academicians to work towards the future development of nanotechnology in sensing devices.
Recent advances in nanotechnology has led the nanomaterials into the realm of sensing applications. This descriptive book utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to provide extensive information about sensors and elucidates the impact of nanotechnology on development of chemical and biosensors for diversified applications.
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Chapter 1 Nanomaterials: A Way to Chemical Sensor and Biosensor---Fundamentals |
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5 Nanomaterials and their Synthetic Strategies |
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Chapter 2 Metal Oxides Nanomaterials in Gas Sensors |
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2 Mechanism Behind the Gas Sensing in Metal Oxides |
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3 Effect of Nano-particles in Sensing |
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4 Metal-Oxide Hollow Sphere Synthetic Strategies |
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5 Metal Oxide Nano-wires Synthetic Strategies |
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6 Metal Hollow Spheres as Gas Sensors |
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7 Metal Nanowires as Gas Sensors |
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8 Metal Nanotubes as Gas Sensors |
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Chapter 3 Nanomaterials as Heavy Metal Sensors in Water |
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2 Electrochemical Sensors |
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Chapter 4 Nanostructured Materials For the Development of Optical Fiber Sensors |
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2 Fundamentals and Mechanisms of Optical Fiber Sensors |
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3 Techniques for Development of Sensors |
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4 Different Gas Sensing Probes |
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Chapter 5 Carbon Nanomaterials as Chemical Sensors |
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2 Synthetic Strategies of Carbon Nano-spheres |
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3 Synthetic Strategies of Carbon Nanotubes |
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4 Carbon Nanotubes as Gas Sensors |
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5 Graphene as Gas Sensors |
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6 Carbon Nano-fibers as Gas Sensors |
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Chapter 6 Nanomaterials Based Biosensor |
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2 Nanomaterial-Based Biosensors |
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Chapter 7 Nanomaterials Application in Biological Sensing of Biothreat Agents |
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3 Some Common Bioagents as Biothreat |
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4 Nanomaterial-Based Biosensor for Detection of Bioagents |
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Chapter 8 Nanomaterials-Based Biosensor Application in Environmental Protection |
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2 Some Environmental Pollutants Detected by Biosensors |
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Jayeeta Chattopadhyay obtained her Ph.D. in New Energy Engineering with the best doctoral thesis award from Seoul National University of Science and Technology. She obtained the prestigious Fast Track Young Scientist Award and Early Career Research Award from SERB-DST. She has published more than 30 research and review articles in high-impact peer-reviewed international journals, and she is owner of one international patent. Her research interest includes nano-structured materials for energy applications and thermo-degradation of solid waste materials. She is presently working as Assistant Professor and Research Coordinator, Amity University Jharkhand, India.
Nimmy Srivastava, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Amity University Jharkhand, India, is a doctoral degree holder in the field of Plant Genetics. Dr. Nimmy is also research fellowship recipient from organizations such as BARC-BRNS (Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences), Mumbai and ICFRE, Dehradun. Her research is focused on application of biotechnology in the field of agriculture for improvement of important crops.
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