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Applications of Carbon-Based and Hybrid Materials in Sensors

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 3561

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Prof. Dr. Roberto Di Capua

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Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy
Interests: carbon-based materials; hybrids composites; oxide materials for electronics; electrical and spectroscopical characterizations; morphological measurements; physics of surfaces and interfaces

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to cordially invite you to submit a research article for the Special Issue of the journal Materials, on Applications of Carbon-based and Hybrid Materials in Sensors. Carbon-based materials and related hybrid compounds offer a great versatility, which has been widely recognized as suitable for sensing purposes in different fields, and exhibit enormous advantages in terms of low-cost production, easy scalability to industrial platforms, large availability of materials. Our objective is to collect recent advances and studies in the field of sensing research among the scientific community of carbon related materials, since we believe that such collection would be of strong interest for a very huge audience of scientists. Contributes concerning sensors design, performance testing, characterizations of materials for sensing purposes, are welcome.

Prof. Roberto Di Capua
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Carbon-based materials
  • hybrids composites
  • oxide materials for electronics
  • electrical and spectroscopical characterizations
  • morphological measurements
  • physics of surfaces and interfaces

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Fabrication of Hybrid Electrodes by Laser-Induced Forward Transfer for the Detection of Cu2+ Ions
by Anca Florina Bonciu, Florin Andrei and Alexandra Palla-Papavlu
Materials 2023, 16(4), 1744; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16041744 - 20 Feb 2023
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Composites based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)—graphene oxide (GO) are increasingly considered for sensing applications. In this work we aim at patterning and prototyping microscale geometries of PEDOT:PSS: GO composites for the modification of commercially available electrochemical sensors. Here, we demonstrate the laser-induced [...] Read more.
Composites based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)—graphene oxide (GO) are increasingly considered for sensing applications. In this work we aim at patterning and prototyping microscale geometries of PEDOT:PSS: GO composites for the modification of commercially available electrochemical sensors. Here, we demonstrate the laser-induced forward transfer of PEDOT:PSS: GO composites, a remarkably simple procedure that allows for the fast and clean transfer of materials with high resolution for a wide range of laser fluences (450–750 mJ/cm2). We show that it is possible to transfer PEDOT:PSS: GO composites at different ratios (i.e., 25:75 %wt and 50:50 %wt) onto flexible screen-printed electrodes. Furthermore, when testing the functionality of the PEDOT:PSS: GO modified electrodes via LIFT, we could see that both the PEDOT:PSS: GO ratio as well as the addition of an intermediate release layer in the LIFT process plays an important role in the electrochemical response. In particular, the ratio of the oxidation peak current to the reduction peak current is almost twice as high for the sensor with a 50:50 %et PEDOT:PSS: GO pixel. This direct transfer methodology provides a path forward for the prototyping and production of polymer: graphene oxide composite based devices. Full article
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Smart Graphene Nanoplatelet Strain Sensor for Natural Frequency Sensing of Stainless Steel (SS304) and Human Health Monitoring
by Debadatta Sethy and Krishnan Balasubramaniam
Materials 2022, 15(11), 3924; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15113924 - 31 May 2022
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The main purpose of this article is to monitor the natural frequency of stainless steel (SS304) with and without defect by spray-coated smart graphene nanoplatelet (GNPs)-doped poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposite strain sensor and human health by smart Lycra denim textile sensor. Methods [...] Read more.
The main purpose of this article is to monitor the natural frequency of stainless steel (SS304) with and without defect by spray-coated smart graphene nanoplatelet (GNPs)-doped poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposite strain sensor and human health by smart Lycra denim textile sensor. Methods such as impact hammer test and NI-daq, finite element method (FEM) simulation by Abaqus 6.12, and fast Fourier transform (FFT) study were applied for frequency monitoring of SS304. For human health monitoring, edema disease inspection, cough, and biceps locomotion were studied by graphene sol–gel textile sensor. We report eight sensors fabricated by scotch tape exfoliation method and their sensitivity was checked in terms of gauge factor (GF). The highest and lowest GF-based sensors were checked for sensitivity in the defect (hole) specimen. These sensors were used to sense the natural frequency of SS304 at three different positions in the cantilever beam. The same quantity of GNPs was used for making Lycra denim textile sensors for human health monitoring. The Lycra denim textile sensor showed a 216% change in resistance in the left calf muscle, which is less than right leg flexibility, indicating good sensitivity. In addition, the textile sensor helped in sensing coughing and biceps monitoring. The ease in fabrication and high sensitivity demonstrate the potential ability of GNPs for futuristic smart material for structural and human health monitoring. Full article
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