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Self-assembly Thin Films for Sensing

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The ability to control properties of nanomaterials by immobilization on a substrate of interest through Layer-by-Layer (LbL) and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) techniques have drawn attention among many researchers. The molecular level control achieved by the LB and LbL techniques in coating surfaces can be explored in different areas, as energy generation and storage, environmental, clinical analysis, among others. We focus on three materials of great importance in the development of sensors in recent decades: metallic nanoparticles, graphene and carbon nanotubes based materials. In this chapter, the LB and LbL techniques are briefly discussed. The state-of-the-art of metal nanoparticles, graphene, and carbon nanotubes based materials in such films focusing sensing applications are summarized in this chapter.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of FAPESP, CNPq, CAPES, and nBioNet network (Brazil).

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  1. Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, CCTS, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil

    Celina Massumi Miyazaki, Juliana Santos Graça & Marystela Ferreira

  2. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Instituto de Química – IQ, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Anerise de Barros

  3. Universidade Estadual Paulista, POSMAT, UNESP, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil

    Daniela Branco Tavares Mascagni & Paula Pereira Campos

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Miyazaki, C.M., de Barros, A., Mascagni, D.B.T., Graça, J.S., Campos, P.P., Ferreira, M. (2017). Self-assembly Thin Films for Sensing. In: Cesar Paixão, T., Reddy, S. (eds) Materials for Chemical Sensing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47835-7_7

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