Carbon for Sensing Devices - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319086472 ISBN 13: 9783319086477

Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

This book reveals why carbon is playing such an increasingly prominent role as a sensing material. The various steps that transform a raw material in a sensing device are thoroughly presented and critically discussed. The authors deal with all aspects of carbon-based sensors, starting from the various hybridization and allotropes of carbon, with specific focus on micro and nano sized carbons (e.g., carbon nanotubes, graphene) and their growth processes. The discussion then moves to the role of functionalization and the different routes to achieve it. Finally, a number of sensing applications in various fields are presented, highlighting the connection with the basic properties of the various carbon allotropes. Readers will benefit from this book’s bottom-up approach, which starts from the local bonding in carbon solids and ends with sensing applications, linking the local hybridization of carbon atoms and its modification by functionalization to specific device performance. This book is a must-have in the library of any scientist involved in carbon based sensing application.

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About the Author

Danilo Demarchi is an Assistant Professor in the Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni department of Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Alberto Tagliaferro is an Associate Professor in the Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni department of Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

From the Back Cover

This book reveals why carbon is playing such an increasingly prominent role as a sensing material. The various steps that transform a raw material in a sensing device are thoroughly presented and critically discussed. The authors deal with all aspects of carbon-based sensors, starting from the various hybridization and allotropes of carbon, with specific focus on micro and nanosized carbons (e.g., carbon nanotubes, graphene) and their growth processes. The discussion then moves to the role of functionalization and the different routes to achieve it. Finally, a number of sensing applications in various fields are presented, highlighting the connection with the basic properties of the various carbon allotropes. Readers will benefit from this book’s bottom-up approach, which starts from the local bonding in carbon solids and ends with sensing applications, linking the local hybridization of carbon atoms and its modification by functionalization to specific device performance. This book is a must-have in the library of any scientist involved in carbon based sensing application.

• Provides comprehensive coverage of carbon for sensing devices, from molecular bonding and its modification by functionalization to device application;
• Discusses all forms of carbon for sensing devices, including carbon nanotubes and graphene, and explains applications to numerous fields;
• Includes coverage of the most sophisticated and up to date fabrication methodologies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319086472
• ISBN 13: 9783319086477
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Demarchi Danilo, Tagliaferro Alberto