Chemical Sensors Employing Carbon Nanomaterials
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 730
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gas sensors employing nanosized metal oxides and carbon nanomaterials integrated in ceramics, MEMS or flexible polymeric transducers; nanomaterial synthesis using CVD or VPT and surface functionalization via grafting of functional groups or molecules or substitutional doping; development of gas sensing applications in environment, security
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Interests: synthesis and application of nanomaterials including nanowires and nanofibers; thin-film processing; surface and interface analysis; chemical gas sensor
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Dear Colleagues,
Research in gas-sensitive nanomaterials is mostly targeted at achieving high sensitivity and stability, improved limit of detection, and selectivity, in such a way that traces of target molecules can be detected even when in the presence of significantly higher concentrations of interfering species. Nanomaterials possess unique morphological properties that make them very attractive for achieving very high sensitivity. In some cases, virtually all their atoms are exposed to the surrounding chemical environment. Carbon nanomaterials have been the subject of extensive and sustained research efforts in recent years for the development of chemical sensors. This Special Issue aims at providing a critical overview of the main results and identifying shortcomings to be addressed in the near future. The nanomaterials considered are carbon black, carbon nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene (including graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide), and diamond (and diamond-related materials). These nanomaterials may appear or be used pristine or surface-functionalized, and the discussion of scalable methods for their mass-production, functionalization, and integration in chemical sensing devices is welcome. Chemical sensors for detecting target species in either the gas or liquid phase will be considered, employing any transducing scheme (e.g., chemoresistive, field-effect transistor, impedimetric, gravimetric, electrochemical, etc.). While this Special Issue will consider full research papers, it will especially welcome strong review papers.
Prof. Dr. Eduard Llobet
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carbon black
- carbon nanotubes
- graphene
- diamond
- chemoresistors
- FETs
- mass-sensitive devices
- modified electrodes
- surface functionalization
- substitutional doping
- DFT modelling
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