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Finally, the future of CNT-based gas sensors looks very bright
in combination to the various transducers used, but continued
progress need to overcome the current challenges, move toward the
development of reliable commercial devices, and lead to a class of
sensor nanomaterials with superior sensitivity, reduced sizes, low
cost, stable response, selectivity, and extended lifetimes for a wide
range of environments and applications.
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Acknowledgment
The work carried out at ENEA, Italian National Agency for New
Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, in the
Laboratories at Brindisi, was done thanks to the valuable contribute
by M. Alvisi, R. Rossi, D. Suriano, E. Serra, V. Pfister, G. Cassano, P.
Aversa, R. Pentassuglia, and D. Di Maio. I wish to thank Prof. W.
Wlodarski, Prof. C. Di Natale, Prof. R. Paolesse, Prof. A. D'Amico,
Prof. A. Cusano, Dr. M. Consales, Dr. E. Verona, Dr. R. Giorgi, and all
other colleagues for the fruitful discussions. This work was partially
financed by three grants from Regione Puglia Local Government
for supporting the local Italian SMEs in technological transfer and
innovation.
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