Complex and Composite Metal Oxides for Gas, VOC, and Humidity Sensors: Fundamentals and Approaches, Volume One overviews the advanced nanocomposite metal oxide materials used in sensors for environmental monitoring applications. The book introduces the ground rules essential for the development of smart gas, VOC, and humidity sensors, and familiarizes researchers with the different types of sensors (resistive, electrolyte, FET, optical etc.) developed on various properties, including electrical, SPR, luminescence, fiber optics etc., all of which are fabricated using metal oxide hybrids and nanocomposites.
- Introduces fundamentals of electrical and optical gas and humidity sensors
- Reviews metal oxide hybrid materials for gas and humidity sensor applications, including metal oxide/polymer and metal oxide/carbon composite materials
- Discusses metal oxide candidate materials for use in gas, VOC, and humidity sensors
PART 1 Metal oxide-based gas and humidity sensors: Fundamentals
1. Applications of gas and VOC sensors for industry and environmental
monitoring: Current trends and future implications
2. Fundamentals of electrical gas sensors
3. Principles and methods of optical and fiber optic gas sensing
4. Why do we need humidity sensors?
PART 2 Metal oxide-based hybrids and their gas sensing characteristics
5. Metal oxide-polymer composites for gas-sensing applications
6. Composites for gas sensors based on metal oxide and noble metals
7. Metal oxide gas sensors based on metalorganic frameworks (MOFs)
PART 3 Other type of gas and VOC sensors based on metal oxide nanocomposites
and hybrids
8. Complex metal oxide compounds and composites designed for high-temperature
solid electrolyte-based oxygen, hydrogen gas sensors
9. QCM and SAW gas and VOC sensors based on metal oxide composites
(principles, fabrication, sensing materials, and performances)
PART 4 Metal oxide-based nanocomposites for optical sensing of gas and VOCs
10. Metal oxide nanocomposites for surface plasmon resonance based gas
sensing
11. Functionalized metal oxide nanocomposites for fiber optic gas and vapor
sensors
12. Metal oxide nanocomposites for gas and VOC sensors based on other optical
methods
PART 5 Humidity sensors based on metal oxide nanocomposites
13. Metal oxide-based nanocomposites designed for humidity sensor
applications
14. Humidity sensors based on solid-state metal-oxide hybrids
15. Polymer/metal oxide composites and their humidity sensing characteristics
Dr. Bal Chandra Yadav works as Professor and Head in the Department of Physics, School of Physical and Decision Sciences at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University based in Lucknow, India. He has more than 24 years of teaching and research experience. His areas of research includes the development of innovative nanomaterials for energy and sensing applications. Dr. Pragati Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nanosciences and Materials at Central University of Jammu, India. He has more than 7 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Kumars research interests include semiconductor and metal nanocrystals, thin films and composites for optoelectronic and sensing applications.
