2nd Edition

Micro- and Nano-Scale Sensors and Transducers

By Ezzat G. Bakhoum Copyright 2027
416 Pages 192 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

416 Pages 192 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The rapidly emerging fields of nanotechnology and nano-fabrication have enabled the creation of new sensors with dramatic improvements in sensitivity and range, along with substantial miniaturization. Although there are many books on nanotechnology, recent advances in micro and nano-scale sensors and transducers are not adequately represented in most books. This book fills that gap. Micro- and... Read more

1. Pressure Sensors. 2. Motion and Acceleration Sensors. 3. Gas and Smoke Sensors. 4. Moisture Sensors. 5. Optoelectronic and Photonic Sensors. 6. Biological, Chemical, and Lab on a Chip Sensors. 7. Electric, Magnetic, and RF/Microwave Sensors. 8. Integrated Sensor/Actuator Units and Special Purpose Sensors. 9. Ultra-Miniature Angular Position Senso Based on the Beta-Voltaic Principle. 10. High-Accuracy Miniature Dew Point Sensor and Instrument. 11. Low-Cost, High-Accuracy, Method and Apparatus for Detecting Meat Spoilage. 12. 3-Axis, Ultrahigh-Sensitivity, Miniature Acceleration Sensor. 13. MEMS-Scale Angular Position Sensor Based on Ultracapacitor Technology. 14. Field Effect Transistor with Nanoporous Gold Electrode.

Biography

EZZAT G. BAKHOUM (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 1986, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, in 1989 and 1994, respectively.

From 1994 to 1996, he was a Senior Engineer and a Managing Partner with ESD Research, Inc., Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina. From 1996 to 2000, he was a Senior Engineer with Lockheed Martin/L3 Communications, Inc., Camden, NJ, USA. From 2000 to 2005, he was a Lecturer with the Electrical Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA. He is currently a Professor with the University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA.