Complex and Composite Metal Oxides for Gas, VOC, and Humidity Sensors, Volume 1

Dr. Bal Chandra Yadav works as Professor and Head in the Department of Physics, School of Physical and Decision Sciences at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University based in Lucknow, India. He has more than 24 years of teaching and research experience. His areas of research includes the development of innovative nanomaterials for energy and sensing applications. Dr. Pragati Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nanosciences and Materials at Central University of Jammu, India. He has more than 7 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Kumar’s research interests include semiconductor and metal nanocrystals, thin films and composites for optoelectronic and sensing applications.

PART 1 Metal oxide-based gas and humidity sensors: Fundamentals 1. Applications of gas and VOC sensors for industry and environmental monitoring: Current trends and future implications 2. Fundamentals of electrical gas sensors 3. Principles and methods of optical and fiber optic gas sensing 4. Why do we need humidity sensors? PART 2 Metal oxide-based hybrids and their gas sensing characteristics 5. Metal oxide-polymer composites for gas-sensing applications 6. Composites for gas sensors based on metal oxide and noble metals 7. Metal oxide gas sensors based on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) PART 3 Other type of gas and VOC sensors based on metal oxide nanocomposites and hybrids 8. Complex metal oxide compounds and composites designed for high-temperature solid electrolyte-based oxygen, hydrogen gas sensors 9. QCM and SAW gas and VOC sensors based on metal oxide composites (principles, fabrication, sensing materials, and performances) PART 4 Metal oxide-based nanocomposites for optical sensing of gas and VOCs 10. Metal oxide nanocomposites for surface plasmon resonance based gas sensing 11. Functionalized metal oxide nanocomposites for fiber optic gas and vapor sensors 12. Metal oxide nanocomposites for gas and VOC sensors based on other optical methods PART 5 Humidity sensors based on metal oxide nanocomposites 13. Metal oxide-based nanocomposites designed for humidity sensor applications 14. Humidity sensors based on solid-state metal-oxide hybrids 15. Polymer/metal oxide composites and their humidity sensing characteristics