Main description:

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Sensors for Environment, Health and Security: Advanced Materials and Technology" was held in Vichy (France) on September 16-27, 2007 where more than 65 participants, ranging from Ph. D. students to experienced senior scientists, met and exchanged ideas and know-how in a friendly atmosphere. The present book intends to cover the main topics of this NATO ASI through 32 chapters distributed over two parts (Part I: "Materials and Technologies" and Part II: "Applications to Environment, Health and Security"). The scientific programme of the NATO ASI consisted in 28 1-hour lectures given by 14 invited lecturers, 5 additional 1-hour lectures given by seminar speakers, 22 oral presentations by selected ASI participants and a poster session. The programme was divided into four sessions: (1) Advanced materials and technologies; (2) Sensors for environment; (3) Sensors for health; (4) Sensors for security. During the "Advanced Materials and Technologies" session (Part I of the present book), the lectures were dedicated to critical analyses of current methods for the synthesis of materials, nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes, ...) and nanocomposites to be used for the fabrication of sensing devices, mainly semiconductor sensors. Among the synthesis methods, chemical (sol-gel, etc. ) and physical methods (laser deposition, DC magnetron sputtering, etc. ) were discussed. Several lectures addressed characterization techniques and it was concluded that the physical and chemical control of the materials/nanomaterials, including surface chemistry, remains a key issue for the reproducibility of the final device.

Contents:

Preface. Materials And Technologies.Metal Oxide Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Characterization in Relation with Gas Sensing Phenomena; A. Gaskov and M. Rumyantseva.-\ 2. Spectroscopic Study ofthe Gas Detection Mechanism by Semiconductor Chemical Sensors; M-I. Baraton.- Material Growth and Fundamental Material Characterization Techniques; S. B. Sadale and G. Kiriakidis.- 4. Mesoporous Indium Oxide for Gas Sensor Applications; T. Andreu et al.- Synthesis and Examination of Hexagonal Tungsten Oxide;Nanocrystals for Electrochromic and Sensing Applications; C. Balazsi et al.- Tin Oxide from Organo-Metallic Compounds: Material's Properties and Sensor Characteristics; R. Pavelko et al.- Defect Chemistry of Sensor Materials; F. Manea et al.- Light-Induced Generation of Singlet Oxygen in Porous Silicon; V. Timoshenko.- Selectivity Improvement of Semiconductor Gas Sensors by Filters; A. Ryzhikov et al.- Systems and Set-ups for Effective Sensing Response Applications; G. Kiriakidis et al.- Carbon Composite Electrodes Applied for Electrochemical Sensors; F. Manea et al.- Photonic Sensors for Health and Environmental Monitoring; A. Aksnes.- Sensors Based on Technology 'Nano-on-Micro' for Wireless Instruments Preventing Ecological and Industrial Catastrophes; A. Vasiliev et al.- Development of a Parallel-Computing Embedded Telemetry System for Voltammetric Microsensor and Biosensor Applications; M Hebel and P. A. Serra.- Inductively Coupled Telemetry; G. Horler.- Applications To Environment, Health And Security. Biosensors; A. A. Karyakin.- Bacteria Detection - Biosensors; G. S. Ignatov et al.- Surface Chemistry to Bridge Inorganic Biosensor Surfaces and Biological Materials; K. Jans et al.- Singlet Oxygen Generation and Detection for Biomedical Applications;V. Timoshenko.- Response of Nerve Cell to Inhibitor Recorded by Aluminium-Gallium-Nitride FET; M. Gebinoga et al.-. Microelectronics-Based Biosensors for the Detection of Proteins and Nucleic Acids; W.Laureyn and L.Lagae.- Bionano-Microbiology; G. S. Ignatov et al.- Optical Sensors for Carbon Dioxide and their Applications; A. Mills.- Oxygen Indicators in Food Packaging;I A. Mills.- Sensory Conversion Devices; P. Medelius.- Development of Biological Sensors Based on Screen-Printed Electrodes for Environmental Pollution Monitoring; A.-M Gurban et al.- Development of Flow Immunosensors for Organic Pollutants; J. A. Gabaldon et al.- Sensors for Monitoring Air Quality in Earth and Space Environments; P. Medelius,- Determination of the Mutagenie Effects of Pollution by AMES and Neural Networks; M Petek and B. Karlik.- Polyaniline-Based Environmental Gas Sensors; A. Haynes and P.-I. Gouma.-. Sensor Science for National Security; E. Hardy et al.- Radiation and Nuclear Materials Detection Research and Development at ORNL; J. Hardy and M Wright.- Author Index, Subject Index.