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    electrons available in SnO2, if the gas is highly toxic more free electrons

    will be available.

    Types of gas sensors


    • Capacitor based gas sensor : It is based on the principle of variation of
    dielectric constant of films between the electrodes.

    • Optical sensor : It is based on methods like spectroscopy,interferometry to


    determine quantities like adsorbance,refractive index.

    • Electrochemical gas sensor : It consists of chemical reactants and two


    terminals,anode for oxidation and cathode for reduction processes,.

    • Acoustic wave based gas sensor : Here, acoustic waves generated due to gas
    pressure are used to measure properties of gas species.

    • Calorimetric gas sensor : It is based on the principle of change in temperature


    at catalytic surfaces.

    • Metal oxide gas sensor : It detects concentration of various gases by


    measuring the resistance change of metal oxide due to adsorption of gases.

    Applications of gas sensors


    • Used in industries to monitor the concentration of the toxic gases.
    • Used at hotels to avoid customers from smoking.
    • Used in air quality check at offices.
    • Used in air conditioners to monitor the CO2 levels.
    • Used in detecting fire.
    • Used to check concentration of gases in mines.
    • Breath analyzer.

    Nanotechnology is enabling the production of efficient sensors with


    broad range of applications. The unique properties of the
    nanomaterials make them suitable candidates for sensitive detection of
    chemical and biological species because they exhibit great adsorptive
    capacity due to the large surface-to-volume ratio, produce great
    modulation of the electrical signal enable tuning electrical properties by
    controlling the composition and the size of the nanomaterial, and ease
    configuration and integration in low-power microelectronic systems.

    Nanosized gas sensors are faster,require lower power and can operate at lower
    temperatures.
    In the present context,we will be discussing only about metal oxide gas
    sensors (in the context of nano particles) .Metal oxide gas sensors are most
    commonly used gas sensors.

    THEORY

    Nanomaterials are classified depending on their dimensions into three


    categories: zero,one and two-dimensional nano materials. In order to
    use those materials for gas sensing applications, they should have
    suitable composition and morphologies . Nanoclusters are defined as
    aggregates of atoms (or small nanoparticles) that are in nanometer size
    and their properties are different from their bulk equivalents. A main
    advantage of the gas sensors made of porous nanostructured thin films
    is that the volume of the nanostructure is accessible to the gases where
    the active surface is much higher than the geometric one.

    Nanoclusters can be synthesized using different chemical and physical


    methods.Those synthesis methods include

    (a) physical synthesis such as inert gas condensation, ball milling, laser
    ablation, and others.

    (b) chemical synthesis such as sol-gel, chemical reduction, hydrolysis, and


    others.

    (c) biological synthesis that can be established using algae, plant extracts,
    bacteria, fungi, yeast, and others

    We will discuss about Metal oxide based gas


    sensors

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