Bücher der Reihe Series in Sensors

Presents an introduction to the classification of sensors and the various properties of materials used in sensing. This work deals with specific areas of sensor materials, including metal, semiconductor, dielectric, solid electrolytic, magnetic, fiber optics, radiant, and biological materials.

Building a foundation in the necessary background concepts and fundamentals needed to develop and use electrical instruments, the author introduces classical methods before delving into such topics as data acquisition, signal conditioning, applications of computers and digital signal processors in measurement, and virtual measurement techniques.

The book provides a major source of information about the novel approach of chromaticity with examples of how chromaticity may be deployed for various monitoring applications.

Written by international scientists, engineers, technologists, clinicians, investigators, and instrument manufacturers, this title reflects the state of progress toward the development and application of electronic instruments called electronic noses (e-noses).

Covers the theory and applications of one class of biosensor-microelectrochemical devices. This book explains microelectronic techniques used to produce these cheap, fast reacting, and disposable sensors with the aid of diagrams and tables. It is suitable for those active in the field of chemical sensors, analytical chemistry, or microelectronics.

Biosensors are expected to play an expanding role in the early detection and treatment of cancer. Addressing cancer molecular diagnostics from the perspective of biosensors and biodetection, this book examines the technology and applications of a range of sensor systems, including optical, electrochemical, and optomechanical sensors. Each chapter presents a different biosensor-based technology and then explains their limitations, how the sensors are created, how they function, and how they can be applied. The text also reviews allied subjects, such as ligands, molecular markers, and microfluidics, that are essential to understanding and developing new sensing technologies.

This book provides a modern and much-needed overview of electrical impedance measurement science and its application in metrology, sensor reading, device, and material characterizations. It presents up-to-date coverage of the theory, practical methods, and modeling. The author covers the main impedance measurement techniques, stressing their practical application. The book includes a large set of measurement setup schematics, and diagrams and photos of standards and devices. It also offers an extensive list of references to both historical and recent papers on devices, methods, and traceability issues.

Offers an introduction to modern sensor types and sensor signal processing methods, with emphasis placed on the underlying physics and the generic operating principles involved. This work includes a chapter dealing with flow measurement, an area that has benefited greatly from the developments in novel sensing devices and techniques.

Presents an approach to sensors and sensing technologies. This title discusses the modern sensor technologies and examines their applications in various industries. It covers electronic circuitry, signal analysis, and material and manufacturing methods. It also includes problems, worked examples, exercises, and solutions.

Bridging the gap between research and clinical application, this volume explores the use of biosensors as effective alternatives to the current standard methods in cancer diagnosis and detection. It describes the major aspects involved in detecting and diagnosing cancer as well as the basic elements of biosensors and their applications in detection and diagnostics. Making biosensor technology more accessible to molecular biologists, oncologists, pathologists, and engineers, the book advances the integration of this technology into mainstream clinical practice.

This book provides a modern and much-needed overview of electrical impedance measurement science and its application in metrology, sensor reading, device, and material characterizations. It presents up-to-date coverage of the theory, practical methods, and modeling. The author covers the main impedance measurement techniques, stressing their practical application. The book includes a large set of measurement setup schematics, and diagrams and photos of standards and devices. It also offers an extensive list of references to both historical and recent papers on devices, methods, and traceability issues.

Nanosized sensors enable the study of chemical and biochemical processes at a level and in dimensions that may not have been envisioned some 20 years ago. Fueled by their inherent small size and the unusual optical, magnetic, catalytic, and mechanical properties of nanoparticles, remarkable progress has been made in recent years in the development and utilization of nanosensors and optical nanotechnology will further widen the field. However, the design of new sensors requires new materials, new methods for their characterization, new optical sensing schemes, new approaches for creating nanosized structures, and new techniques for their interrogation in complex environments such as small living cells for studying biological signals or big public spaces for environmental monitoring . Optochemical Nanosensors covers the rapidly growing field of optical chemical nanosensing, a new and exciting area of research and development within the large field of optical chemical sensing and biosensing. Its many applications, including the detection of bioterrorist threats, food security, virology, explosive detection and more, are covered in these self-contained yet interrelated chapters. The book reviews optochemical sensors, starting from the basics in optoelectronicsand concluding with the presentation of diverse nanosensors. The authors offer insight into future trends in this growing field and present applications in the fields of medicine, security, and bioterrorism.

This book examines existing, new, and novel sensor technologies and-through real-world examples, sample problems, and practical exercises-illustrates how the related science and engineering principles can be applied across multiple disciplines, offering greater insight into various sensors' operating mechanisms and practical functions. Assisting