CHEMICAL SENSORS: PROPERTIES, PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS ; CHEMICAL SENSORS: PROPERTIES, PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; PHOTON STIMULATED OZONE SENSING ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 1.1 Necessities of Ozone Monitoring; 1.2. Traditional Methods for Ozone Sensing ; 1.3 Photon Stimulated Room-Temperature Ozone Sensor ; 1.4 Metal Oxides as Ozone Sensing Material ; 2. GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INDIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES BY MEANS OF MOCVD ; 2.1 Growth of Indium Oxide Nanoparticles ; 2.2 Electrical Properties of Indium Oxide Nanoparticles.

2.3 Optical Properties of Indium Oxide Nanoparticles3. MECHANISMS OF PHOTON STIMULATED OZONE SENSING ; 3.1 Electrical Measurements ; 3.2 Photoelectron Spectroscopy Measurements ; 3.3 Physical Models of Photon Stimulation and Ozone Oxidation ; 4. OZONE SENSORS BASED ON INDIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES ; 4.1 Fabrication of Ozone Sensors Integrated with UV-LEDs ; 4.2 Operation Conditions of Ozone Sensors ; 4.2.1 Operation mode and operation temperature of ozone sensors ; 4.2.2 Photon energy and light intensity of UV-LEDs for ozone sensors ; 4.3 Characterization of Ozone Sensors.

4.3.1 Influence of the Particle Diameter on Ozone Sensitivity4.3.2 Ozone sensing measurements in vacuum; 4.3.3 Ozone sensing measurements in synthesized air ; 4.3.4 Cross sensitivity of ozone sensors ; 4.3.5 Long-term stability ; 4.3.6 Application example: Monitoring of ozone in a city ; 5. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS FOR GAS DETECTION ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. OPTICAL METHODS IN FIBER OPTIC SENSORS ; 2.1 Optical Absorption-Based Sensors ; 2.2 Fluorescence-Based Sensors ; 2.3 IR Based Sensors; 2.4 Other Optical Fiber Sensors.

3. FIBER OPTIC SENSOR DESIGN 3.1 Active Coating Optical Fiber Sensor ; 3.2 Active Core Fiber Optical Sensor ; 4. OPTICAL FIBER GAS SENSORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS ; 4.1 NH3 Sensor ; 4.2 NOX Sensor ; 4.3 SO2 sensor ; 4.4 H2S Sensor ; 4.5 CO Sensor; 4.6 O3 Sensor ; 4.7 H2 Gas Sensor ; 4.8 Humidity Sensor; 4.9 Volatile Organic Vapor Sensor ; 5. CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; CHEMICAL SENSORS AND BIOSENSORS BASED ON IMPEDIMETRIC INTERDIGITATED ELECTRODE ARRAY TRANSDUCERS ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; IMPEDANCE TECHNIQUE ; APPLICATION OF IDEA DEVICES ; Enzyme Biosensors.

IDEA Devices Sensitive to Ions and Molecular Species Immunosensors ; DNA Sensors ; Bacteria, Cells and Other Receptors ; IDEA DESIGN AND FABRICATION ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENT ; REFERENCES ; OPTOSENSORS FOR (BIO) CHEMICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON PHOSPHORESCENCE DETECTION ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 1.1. Basic Principles of Phosphorescence ; 1.2. Phosphorescence versus Fluorescence ; 2. EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS TO ACHIEVE ROOM TEMPERARURE PHOSPHORESCENCE ; 2.1. Influence of Environment on Phosphorescence ; 2.1.1. Phosphorescence in organized media.