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Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials for Sensor Applications

  • 1st Edition - November 16, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, Sayan Ganguly
  • Language: English

Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials for Sensor Applications covers all the important aspects of polymer composite-based sensors, from fundamentals to fabrication. Key chapters… Read more

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Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials for Sensor Applications covers all the important aspects of polymer composite-based sensors, from fundamentals to fabrication. Key chapters focus on the materials used for sensors and their characterization, properties, fabrication and classification. Various applications of polymeric sensors are also discussed in detail. This book is an essential reference resource, not only for the materials scientist, but also for researchers, academics, technologists and students working in the sensor technology industry. In modern society, sensors are used in electronics, food packaging, construction, automobile and aerospace applications.

The advancement of smart technologies has increased their usage because of their affordability and reliability. Among the materials used for the fabrication of sensors, polymer composites are the most preferred because they are lightweight, versatile, low cost and easy to process.

Key features

  • Discusses fundamentals, classification, recent progress, and the current status of polymer nanocomposites in sensing applications
  • Includes coverage of materials and their application-specific modeling
  • Addresses safety issues and environmental degradation
  • Includes broad coverage of a wide range of engineering applications, including food, safety, healthcare, automotive and aerospace
  • Covers pressure sensors, gas sensors, pH sensors, ion selective sensors, alcohol sensors, humidity sensors, aromatic small molecule sensors, enzyme sensors, immunosensors, strain sensors and electrochemical sensors

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers, material scientists, polymer chemists and engineers working in the development of polymeric nanocomposites for sensing applications.

Table of contents

1. Introduction to polymer composite-based sensors
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai and Sayan Ganguly

2. Recent trends in the applications of polymer composite modified electrodes for biosensors
Elif Burcu Aydin, Muhammet Aydin, and Mustafa Kemal Sezginturk

3. 3 Classical materials for sensors
Abhisek Majhi, Jonathan Tersur Orasugh, and Dipankar Chattopadhyay

4. Design and fabrication of polymer nanocomposite sensors
Fouad Damiri, Nassima Radouane, Houda Gaiji, Ida Idayu Muhamad, Nurul Asmak Md Lazim, Damandeep Kaur, and Mohammed Berrada

5. Characterization of various polymer composite sensors
Suman Kumar Ghosh and Narayan Chandra Das

6. Polymer composites as pressure sensors
Nurhan Onar Camlibel, Vladan Koncar, and Cedric Cochrane

7. Polymer composites for gas sensors
Arpita Adhikari, Jyotishka Nath, Sriparna De, Jonathan Tersur Orasugh, and Dipankar Chattopadhyay

8. Polymer composites for pH sensors
Sharuk L. Khan, Falak A. Siddiqui, Rokeya Sultana, Wajid N. Chaus, Mirza Shahed Baig, Shyamlila B. Bavage, Sunayana Rahul Vikhe, and Prerana Badrinath Jadhav

9. Polymer composites for ion selective sensors
Manpreet Kaur, Navneet Kaur, and Narinder Singh

10. Polymer composites for alcohol sensors
Madhurima Das and Avishek Ghatak

11. Polymer composites for humidity sensors
Biplab Roy, Shamim Ahmed Khan, Sarit Chakraborty, and Pinku Chandra Nath

12. Polymer composites for aromatic small molecules sensors
Avishek Ghatak, Madhurima Das, and Amit Pramanik

13. Polymer composites for biosensors
Poushali Das, Akanksha Gupta, Moorthy Maruthapandi, Arumugam Saravanan, Seshasai Srinivasan, Amin Reza Rajabzadeh, and Aharon Gedanken

14. Polymer composites for enzyme sensors
M. Ramesh, L. Rajeshkumar, D. Balaji, and V. Bhuvaneswari

15. Polymer composites for immunosensors
Stephen Rathinaraj Benjmin and Rosa Fireman Dutra

16. Polymer composites for strain sensors
Merve Dogu, Mine Begum Alanalp, and Ali Durmus

17. Polymer composites for electrochemical sensors
H.C. Ananda Murthy, Abbay Gebretsadik, Mamu Haftu, Tesfaye Nemera, Tanima Bhattacharya, and C.R. Ravikumar

18. Polymer composites for damage-sensing applications
Vijaya Chalivendra

19. Polymeric composite sensors for food packaging applications
Tanima Bhattacharya, Bratin Sengupta, and Hitesh Chopra

20. Polymer composite sensors for automotive, aerospace, and other engineering applications
Sheeja Sunil, V. Naveen, P. Porkodi, Abhilash J. Kottiyatil, K. Madhavan, and Prosenjit Ghosh

21. Polymer composite sensors for biomedical applications
Abul Kalam Azad, Pijush Paul, and Abd Almonem Doolaanea

22. Polymer composite sensors: Environmental aspects, health hazards, and degradation
Tushar Kanti Das

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 16, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

JP

Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai

Prof. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is currently the Director of AU – Sophisticated Testing and Instrumentation Center, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India, and a Professor at the Department of Science, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the DST INSPIRE Faculty Award from the Government of India and the Best Faculty Awards from KMUTNB, Thailand and Alliance University India.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Science, Faculty of Science & Technology, Alliance University, Chandapura-Anekal Main Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

SG

Sayan Ganguly

Dr. Sayan Ganguly is working in the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He obtained his B.Sc degree in Chemistry (Honours) at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, University of Calcutta; and then his B.Tech in 2012 (University of Calcutta). After that, he then went on to obtain his M.Tech from the University of Calcutta in polymer science and technology. His primary research interests include superabsorbent hydrogels, fluorescence in hydrogels, nanomaterials in hydrogels, and hydrogels in the biomedical fields.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Research Associate, University of Waterloo, Canada

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