Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
carbon nanotube functionalization to understand in depth the
device-oriented studies to improve the quality of the future sensing
nanodevices.
A roadmap of the CNT-based gas sensors with some important
milestones is shortly shown in Table 9.10.
Table 9.10
Roadmap of the CNT-based gas sensors
Year
Team leader
Sensor type and comments
Ref.
1991
S. Iijima
MWCNTs were discovered
[23]
1993
S. Iijima
SWCNTs were engineered
[24]
1993 D. S. Bethune Growth of SWCNTs by arc discharge with
Co-catalyst
[45]
1996
R. E. Smalley
Synthesis of crystalline ropes of metallic
CNTs
[91]
1998
C. M. Lieber
Fundamental study of the atomic
structure and electronic properties of
SWCNTs
[42]
1998
R. E. Smalley
Fundamental study of the electronic
structure of atomically resolved CNTs
[43]
1998
C. M. Lieber Covalently functionalized nanotubes as
nanometer-sized probes in chemistry
and biology
[251]
2000 H. Dai
First SWCNT gas sensor for NO
and NH
[33]
2
3
gas detection
2000
P. G. Collins
SWCNT gas sensor for O
gas detection
[1]
2
2001 H. Dai
Functionalized CNT gas sensor for H
gas
[232]
2
detection
2001
O. K. Varghese
Gas sensing characteristics of multiwall
CNTs films
[150]
2002
J. Zhao
Theoretical study of the gas molecules
adsorption in CNTs and CNT bundles
[19]
2002
S. Iijima
Purification protocols for HiPco SWCNTs
aggregates
[60]
2003
L. Valentini
CNT-based chemiresistor for NO
gas
[27]
2
detection at 165°C
2003
T. Someya
SWCNT-based FET for vapor detection
[34]
2003
M. Meyyappan CNT gas sensor for vapor/gas detection
at room temperature
[28]
2003
P. M. Ajayan Miniaturized gas ionization sensor using
CNTs
[148]
2004 M. Penza
Alcohol detection using SWCNT film-
based acoustic and optical sensors at
room temperature
[153]
