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A Review on Gas Sensor Technology and Its Applications

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Computational and Experimental Methods in Mechanical Engineering

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Gas sensors have drawn the researchers’ community’s attention for a few decades due to their numerous applications in different areas of environmental monitoring, biomedical devices, and pharma industries, etc. Normally gas sensing research includes polymers, metal-oxide-based semiconducting materials, porous silicon, etc. The performance of gas sensors is characterized by considering various scientific parameters, such as its sensitivity, lowest detection value, response time, recovery time, selectivity, and working temperature. Polymers are known for their sensitive thermal, electrical, mechanical, and dielectric properties. Due to such characteristics, they have gained a wide interest in theoretical research as well as practical applications in sensor technology and devices. This paper reveals a wide research review about the gas sensor structure as a sensing device in the field of the sensor. In the end, the current status, future perspectives as well as advantages of particular polymer-based sensors are summarized.

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  1. G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, UP, India

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  2. Amity Institute for Advanced Research and Studies (M&D), Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Sec 125, Noida, UP, India

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  1. Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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    Adepu Kumaraswamy

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, Jammu, India

    Sahil Kalra

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management, Greater Noida, India

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Saxena, P., Shukla, P. (2022). A Review on Gas Sensor Technology and Its Applications. In: Rao, V.V., Kumaraswamy, A., Kalra, S., Saxena, A. (eds) Computational and Experimental Methods in Mechanical Engineering. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 239. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2857-3_18

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