Dedication |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Permissions |
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Glossary |
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1. Introduction |
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2. Resistive Gas Sensing Using Nanomaterials |
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2.1 Size matters and therefore 'nano' matters for gas sensing |
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2.2 Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Chemiresistors |
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2.2.1 Nanostructured Metal Oxides |
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2.2.2 Basic Mechanisms of Gas Sensing Using Semiconductors |
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2.2.3 Surface States in Ionic Crystals like SnO2 |
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2.2.4 n-p Type and p-n Type Transitions in Semiconductor Gas Sensors |
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2.2.5 Importance of 'nano' |
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2.3 Selectivity in gas-oxide interactions — Effect of oxide polymorphism |
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2.4 Nanostructured metal oxide fabrication |
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2.4.1 Conventional methods |
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2.4.2 Unconventional Nanostructures |
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2.5 Case Studies of Nanostructured Semiconductor Metal Oxides |
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2.5.4 1D and 2D Metal Oxides |
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3. Hybrid Nanomaterials |
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3.1 Bio-Doped Oxide Nanosensors |
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3.2 Bio-Doped Ceramic Synthesis |
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3.2.1 Sol-Gel Technique for Ceramic Processing |
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3.2.2 Other Techniques for the Synthesis of Bio-Doped Ceramics |
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3.3 Entrapment of Biologicals within a Ceramic Matrix — The Effects on Properties |
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3.3.1 Theory of Encapsulation of Biological Within Porous Matrices |
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3.3.2 Experimental Studies of Effect of Encapsulation of Biologicals within Porous Matrices |
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3.4 Applications of Bio-Doped Ceramics |
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4. Electrospinning — A Novel Nanomanufacturing Technique for Hybrid Nanofibers and their Non-Woven Mats |
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4.2 The Electrospinning Process |
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4.2.4 Solution and Process Parameters |
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4.3.1 Semiconductor Nanowires |
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4.3.3 Encapsulation of Biological Reagents |
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5. Nanomedicine Applications of Nanomaterials |
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5.1 Electronic Noses and Tongues |
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5.1.2 Other Sensor Materials and Technologies |
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5.1.3 Pattern Recognition and Multivariate Chemometric Methods |
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5.4.1 Electrospun Nancomposite Mats for Tissue Engineering |
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5.5 Nano-Electro-Chemo-Actuators |
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5.5.1 Polyaniline Actuation Principle |
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5.5.2 Polyaniline Hybrid mats |
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5.6 Overview and Future Trends |
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References |
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Color Index |
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Index |
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