Sensors for Domestic Applications

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Part 1: Fundamental Properties and Preparation of the Sensors

  • Sensors Parameters

  • Fiber Optic Sensors: Fundamentals and Domestic Applications

  • Thick Film Gas Sensors

  • Semiconducting Thin Film Gas Sensors: Theory

  • Basic Principles and New Trends in the Development of Chemical Sensors for Domestic Applications

  • Non-Nerstian Solid State Sensor for Home Applications

  • Resonating Quartz Sensors

  • Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors

• Part 2: Domestic Applications of the Sensors

  • Safety Sensors

  • Fiber-Optic Networks for Multipurpose Sensing

  • Smoke Detection

  • Optical Fibre Sensors for Building Management Systems

  • Non Invasive and Minimal Invasive Sensors for Measurements on the Human Body

  • Microsystems at Home

• Part 3: Sensor Arrays and Related Electronics

  • Multicomponent Analysis in Chemical Sensing

  • Sensor Interfaces

  • Silicon Micromachining and Thin Film Technology for Gas Sensor Fabrication

  • Silicon Sensors for Application of Specific Integrated Systems

  • Design of Home Automation

  • Polymer-Based Sensor Arrays and Multicomponent Analysis for the Detection of Hazardous Organic Vapours in the Environment