Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials for Sensor Applications
- 1st Edition - November 16, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, Sayan Ganguly
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 8 3 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 7 2 7 4 - 1
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Request a sales quotePolymeric 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.
- 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
Academic and industrial researchers, material scientists, polymer chemists and engineers working in the development of polymeric nanocomposites for sensing applications.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- 1: Introduction to polymer composite-based sensors
- Abstract
- 1.1: Introduction
- 1.2: Polymer-based sensors: Types and applicability
- 1.3: Sensor research trends
- 1.4: Summary and outlook
- References
- 2: Recent trends in the applications of polymer composite modified electrodes for biosensors
- Abstract
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Polymer nanocomposites for biosensors/sensors
- 2.3: Conclusion
- References
- 3: Novel polymeric and classical materials for sensors
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Basic principle of the sensor
- 3.3: Role of materials in sensor technology, their applications, pros, and cons
- 3.4: Application of polymer composites and nanocomposites in the domain of sensors
- 3.5: Conclusion
- References
- 4: Design and fabrication of polymer nanocomposite sensors
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Generalities about nanocomposites and sensors
- 4.3: Characterization of sensors based on polymer nanocomposites
- 4.4: Analytical applications of sensors based on polymer nanocomposites
- 4.5: Conclusion
- References
- 5: Characterization of various polymer composite sensors
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Different polymer composite materials used and preparation of sensor materials
- 5.3: Characterization techniques and instruments used to evaluate different polymer composite sensors
- 5.4: Conclusion
- References
- 6: Polymer composites as pressure sensors
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction
- 6.2: Conductive polymers
- 6.3: Working mechanisms
- 6.4: Conclusion and future outlook
- References
- 7: Polymer composites for gas sensors
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Emitting sources of air pollution
- 7.3: Gas sensor
- 7.4: Different types of gas sensors
- 7.5: Gas sensing materials
- 7.6: Importance of polymers in sensor technology
- 7.7: Gas sensing by conducting polymers
- 7.8: Chitosan-based composites
- 7.9: Cellulose as gas sensor
- 7.10: Future scope
- 7.11: Conclusion
- References
- 8: Polymer composites for pH sensors
- Abstract
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Importance of pH
- 8.3: Conventional detection techniques
- 8.4: Detection with litmus paper
- 8.5: Detection with pH paper
- 8.6: Glassy electrode based pH-sensing device
- 8.7: Polymers used in pH detection
- 8.8: Hydrogel-based pH sensors
- 8.9: Behavioral changes of hydrogels
- 8.10: Hydrogel-based transducers
- 8.11: Summary
- References
- 9: Polymer composites for ion selective sensors
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Fabrication methods for polymer nanocomposites
- 9.3: In situ polymerization
- 9.4: Melt-blending method
- 9.5: Solution mixing method
- 9.6: Polymer nanocomposites in chemosensing
- 9.7: Sensing of heavy metal ions
- 9.8: Sensing of other metal ions
- 9.9: Sensing of anions
- 9.10: Conclusion and future trends
- References
- 10: Polymer composites for alcohol sensors
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Polymer composites for alcohol detection
- 10.3: Conclusion
- References
- 11: Polymer composites for humidity sensors
- Abstract
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: Basics of humidity and measurement parameters
- 11.3: Sensor fabrication and humidity testing
- 11.4: Sensing humidity
- 11.5: Mechanism of humidity sensing
- 11.6: Humidity sensors classification and applications
- 11.7: Organic/inorganic hybrid composite humidity sensors
- 11.8: Conclusion
- References
- 12: Polymer composites for aromatic small molecules sensors
- Abstract
- 12.1: Introduction
- 12.2: Electrochemical sensors for detection of small aromatic molecules
- 12.3: Volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensors
- 12.4: Optical sensors for detection of small aromatic molecules
- 12.5: Conclusion remarks and outlooks
- 12.6: Future perspectives
- References
- 13: Polymer composites for biosensors
- Abstract
- 13.1: Introduction
- 13.2: Biosensors
- 13.3: Types of biosensors
- 13.4: Prerequisite for a biosensor
- 13.5: Development of intrinsically conductive polymer composites for biosensing applications
- 13.6: Development of biopolymer composites for biosensing applications
- 13.7: Conclusion
- References
- 14: Polymer composites for enzyme sensors
- Abstract
- 14.1: Introduction
- 14.2: Conducting polymers and their composites
- 14.3: Nanomaterials and nanocomposites
- 14.4: Polymer composites as hazardous gas sensors
- 14.5: Graphene-based polymer composites
- 14.6: Conclusion
- References
- 15: Polymer composites for immunosensors
- Abstract
- 15.1: Introduction
- 15.2: Constructing conducting polymer-based sensing systems
- 15.3: Polymer composites in electrochemical immunosensors
- 15.4: Conductive polymer combinations with carbon nanomaterials
- 15.5: Conductive polymer combinations with molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP)
- 15.6: Conductive polymer combinations with electrochemical capacitors
- 15.7: Conclusion
- References
- 16: Polymer composites for strain sensors
- Abstract
- 16.1: Introduction
- 16.2: Structural design concepts for the CPC-based strain sensors
- 16.3: Sensing performance of CPC-based strain sensors
- 16.4: Emerging technology, future trends, and challenges
- References
- 17: Polymer composites for electrochemical sensor applications
- Abstract
- 17.1: Introduction
- 17.2: Synthesis methods
- 17.3: Characterization methods
- 17.4: Applications of polymer composites as electrochemical sensors
- References
- 18: Polymer composites for damage-sensing applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 18.1: Introduction
- 18.2: Fabrication of CNT-embedded polymer composites for damage sensing
- 18.3: Electrical measurement system
- 18.4: Damage sensing under tensile loading conditions
- 18.5: Damage sensing under shear loading conditions
- 18.6: Damage sensing under fracture loading conditions
- 18.7: Conclusions
- References
- 19: Polymeric composite sensors for food packaging applications
- Abstract
- 19.1: Introduction
- 19.2: Designing sensors: Key considerations
- 19.3: Commonly used polymeric nanocomposite sensors in food packaging and their working principles
- 19.4: Applications of sensors in food technology
- 19.5: Challenges and solutions for nanosensors in food technology
- 19.6: Conclusion
- References
- 20: Polymer composite sensors for automotive, aerospace, and other engineering applications
- Abstract
- 20.1: Introduction
- 20.2: Preparation of polymer composites/nanocomposites for sensor applications
- 20.3: Application of polymer composites/nanocomposites for aerospace sensors
- 20.4: Application of polymer composites/nanocomposites for automotive sensors
- 20.5: Application of polymer composites and nanocomposites in other engineering sensors like robotic, strain, stress, and pressure sensors
- 20.6: Future scope of polymer composite/nanocomposite sensors
- References
- 21: Polymer composite sensors for biomedical applications
- Abstract
- 21.1: Introduction
- 21.2: Biorecognition components
- 21.3: Polymer-based biosensors for healthcare monitoring
- 21.4: Challenges
- 21.5: Conclusion
- References
- 22: Polymer composite sensors: Environmental aspects, health hazards, and degradation
- Abstract
- 22.1: Introduction
- 22.2: Polymer composites used in sensor applications
- 22.3: Hazardous effects of polymer composite-containing materials
- 22.4: Environmental degradation of polymer composites
- 22.5: Environmental remediation
- 22.6: Scope of the future
- 22.7: Summary
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 16, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 570
- No. of pages (eBook): 570
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323988308
- eBook ISBN: 9780323972741
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Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai
Dr. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Science and director of AU – Sophisticated Testing and Instrumentation Center, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India. He is a prolific editor and researcher who is the author of 170 high-quality international research articles, 100 book chapters, and editor of 40 books. He is a frequently invited speaker and a consultant for multiple organizations internationally. He has received numerous prestigious awards including the DST INSPIRE Faculty Award (Government of India) and the Best Faculty award from KMUTNB, Thailand
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Science, Faculty of Science & Technology, Alliance University, Chandapura-Anekal Main Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaSG
Sayan Ganguly
Sayan Ganguly is a researcher at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His primary research interests include superabsorbent hydrogels, polymer-graphene nanocomposites, MXene-polymer systems, 3D printing, polymer composites for EMI shielding, and conducting polymer composites.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo, CanadaRead Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials for Sensor Applications on ScienceDirect