Table 10.2 (continued)
Volatile
organic
compounds
for sensing
Nanomaterials as sensing layer Remarkable sensing properties
References
Zinc oxide nanosheets
Sensing of 5–1000 ppm acetone
vapor at 300
C with high
response, fast responserecovery, and good selectivity
Li et al.
(2017)
Manganese-doped zinc oxide
and manganese-doped zinc
oxide nanomaterials modified
by cadmium oxide
Distinguish the ethanol and
acetone concentrations in mixtures with varied ratios
Wang et al.
(2017)
Nanocrystalline barium
hexaferrite particles
Promising acetone sensing
characteristics
Karmakar
et al. (2014)
Halogenated
hydrocarbon
Polyaniline–carboxylic acidfunctionalized multi-walled
carbon nanotube composite
Selectively higher response
toward chloroform vapor over
chloromethane,
dichloromethane, and carbon
tetrachloride
Kar and
Choudhury
(2013)
Polyaniline–copper
nanocomposite
Chloroform vapor sensor
Sharma
et al. (2002)
Fig. 10.22 The response of tin dioxide doped with samarium oxide upon exposure to different
gases at different temperatures. (Reprinted with permission of Elsevier from Habibzadeh et al.
2010)
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