1st Edition

Metal Oxide Nanostructures as Gas Sensing Devices

By G. Eranna Copyright 2012
336 Pages
by CRC Press

336 Pages
by CRC Press

336 Pages
by CRC Press

Metal Oxide Nanostructures as Gas Sensing Devices explores the development of an integrated micro gas sensor that is based on advanced metal oxide nanostructures and is compatible with modern semiconductor fabrication technology. This sensor can then be used to create a compact, low-power, handheld device for analyzing air ambience. The book first covers current gas sensing tools and... Read more

Introduction. Miniaturized Solid-State Gas Sensors. Gas Sensing Materials and Devices. Metal Oxide-Based Gas Sensor Devices. Advantages of Nanomaterials. Synthesis and Characterization of Nanometal Oxides. Nanostructured Metal Oxides and Gas Sensing Devices. Active Devices Based on Nanostructures. Future Devices and Nanostructured Gas Sensor Arrays. Appendix. References. Index.

Biography

G. Eranna is a scientist in the Sensors and Nanotechnology Group at the Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pilani, India. He earned a Ph.D. from IIT Madras and has authored more than 70 publications. His research interests include MEMS-based micro gas sensors, integrated circuit fabrication technology, CMOS process standardization, solid-state micro gas sensors, MEMS devices and nanostructures, and the development of micro heaters for on-chip utilities.