Chemical sensors based on nanostructured materials.pdfVIP

Sensors and Actuators B 122 2007 659–671 Review Chemical sensors based on nanostructured materials Xing-Jiu Huang, Yang-Kyu Choi ? Nano-Bio-Electronic Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea Received 31 March 2006; received in revised form 13 June 2006; accepted 13 June 2006 Available online 24 July 2006 Abstract This article provides a comprehensive review of current research activities that concentrate on chemical sensors based on nanotubes, nanorods, nanobelts, and nanowires. We devote the most attention on the experimental principle, design of sensing devices, sensing mechanism, and some important conclusions. We elaborate on development of chemical sensors based on nanostructured materials in the following four sections: 1 nanotube sensors; 2 nanorod sensors; 3 nanobelt sensors; 4 nanowire sensors. We conclude this review with personal perspectives on the directions towards which future research on nanostructured sensors might be directed. ? 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Chemical sensors; Nanotubes; Nanorods; Nanobelts; Nanowires Contents 1. Introduction . . . 659 2. Nanotube sensors . . . 660 3. Nanorod sensors . . . . 660 4. Nanobelt sensors . . . . 661 5. Nanowire sensors . . . 662 5.1. Metal nanowire sensors . . 662 5.2. Silicon nanowire nanosensors . 662 5.3. Metal oxide nanowire sensors . 665 5.3.1. In2 O3 nanowire sensors . . . . 665 5.3.2. SnO2 nanowire sensors . . . . 666 5.3.3. ZnO nanowire sensors 667 5.3.4. Other oxide nanowire sensors . . . 667 5.4. Polymer nanowire sensors . . . . 668 5.5. Other nanowire sensor . . . 668 6. Conclusion and remarks . . 668 Acknowledgement . . 669 References . . . . 669 Biographies . . . 671 1. Introduction great efforts have been made to better resolve these problems, such as research on novel sensing materials research [1–3], data The most importa