Gas Sensors Manufacturing, Materials, and Technologies Emerging Materials and Technologies Series

This book covers the whole range of gas sensing aspects starting from basics, synthesis, processing, characterization, and application developments. All sub-topics within the domain of gas sensors such as active materials, novel nanomaterials, working mechanisms, fabrication techniques, computational approach, and development of microsensors, and latest advancements such as the Internet of Things (IoT) in gas sensors, and nanogenerators, are explained as well. Related manufacturing sections and proposed direction of future research are also reviewed.

Features:

• Covers detailed state-of-the-art specific chemiresistive sensing materials.
• Presents novel nanomaterial platforms and concepts for resistive gas sensing.
• Reviews pertinent aspects of smart sensors and IoT sensing.
• Explains nanotechnology-enabled experimental findings, and future directions of smart gas sensing technology.
• Explores implication of latest advancements such as IoT in gas sensors, and nanogenerators.

This book is aimed at academic researchers and professionals in sensors and actuators, nanotechnology, and materials science.

1. Insights to Gas Sensors: From Fundamentals to Technology

2. Theoretical Studies of Nanomaterials-Based Chemiresistive Gas Sensor

3. Resistive Sensors: Fundamentals to Applications

4. Micro-Manufacturing Processes for Gas Sensors

5. Electrodeposited Functional Platforms for Gas Sensing Applications

6. Heterojunction-Based Gas Sensors

7. Carbon Nanotubes: Fabrication and their Gas Sensing Applications

8. III Nitrides for Gas Sensing Applications

9. One-Dimensional Nanostructures for Gas Sensing Applications

10. Functional 2D Nanomaterials for Selective Detection/Sensing of Hydrogen Gas: An Overview

11. ZnO Nanostructures-Based Resistive Gas Sensors: Sensing Mechanism and Sensor Response Enhancement Approaches

12. Gas Sensors Based on SnO2 Nanomaterials toward Hazardous Gases Detection

13. Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Gas Sensing Applications

14. Triboelectric Nanogenerators: A Viable Route to Realize Portable/Implantable Gas Sensors

15. Internet of Things (IoT)-Assisted Gas Sensing Technology

16. Electronic Nose: Pathway to Real-Time Gas Sensing Paradigm

Ankur Gupta is presently an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. As foremost credentials, he has over 50 research contributions including a patent, various international journal papers, various book chapters, a co-edited book and over 30 invited talks/presentations across the globe in the area of microsystems fabrication and sensing applications. He has won first prize in Electron Microscopy Contest held in 2013 & 2014. He got selected by DST to participate in "2nd BRICS Young Scientist Conclave" held at Zhejiang University, China in 2017. He received "ISEES Young Scientist Award-2017" and "IEI Young Engineer Award 2020" from Institution of Engineers (India) in the Production division. His research work was presented in various international forums held in USA (MRS, California), Canada, Indonesia, China as well as in various IITs and other reputed institutes within in the nation.

Mahesh Kumar has received M.Sc degree in Physics from University of Rajasthan, M.Tech degree in Solid State Materials from IIT Delhi and Ph.D degree in Engineering from IISc Bangalore. He worked at Central Research Laboratory of Bharat Electronics Ltd. (CRL-BEL) Bangalore as Scientist from 2005 to 2013. He has received INSA Medal for Young Scientists-2014 by Indian National Science Academy, the MRSI Medal-2016 by Materials Research Society of India, DAE-Young Achiever Award-2016 by BRNS (Department of Atomic Energy), ISSS Young Scientist Award 2017 by the Institute for Smart Structures and Systems, YSAP mission award 2019 by Global Young Academy and PHSS Foundation Young Scientist Award 2018-19 by Prof. H. S. Srivastava Foundation. He is founding Member and served as Chair of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences. He has published more than 100 research articles. His research interests are focused on 2D materials, Nano