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9.7
Conclusions
This chapter has shown, with few key examples that recently appeared in the literature by
our group, the significant potential of nanostructured organic matrices for developing
intelligent sensors for gas and liquid having potential impact on health care and environ-
ment control (19,22,29,38).
Acknowledgments
We are particularly grateful to other members of the Nanoworld Institute and Fondazione
Elba active in this field as shown by the list of publications, namely Sandro Carrara, Valter
Bavastrello, and Enrico Stura. This work was supported by FISR-MIUR grant on
Molecular Electronics and Lithography to Fondazione Elba and Nanoworld Institute-
CIRNNOB of the University of Genova and by a FIRB-MIUR grant on Organic
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to the Nanoworld Institute, namely to the Fondazione
EL.B.A and to the Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulle Nanotecnologie e Nanoscienze
Organiche e Biologiche of Genova University. This work is also supported by a research
grant from MIUR-PNR on Biocatalysis.
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