ABSTRACT

Because of unique water properties, humidity affects materials and many living organisms, including humans. Humidity control is important in various fields, from production management to creating a comfortable living environment. The range of materials that can be used in the development of humidity sensors is very broad, and the third volume of the Handbook of Humidity Measurement offers an analysis on various humidity-sensitive materials and sensor technologies used in the fabrication of humidity sensors and methods acceptable for their testing.

Additional features include:

 numerous strategies for the fabrication and characterization of humidity-sensitive materials and sensing structures used in sensor applications,

 methods and properties to develop smaller, cheaper, more robust, and accurate devices with better sensitivity and stability,

 a guide to sensor selection and an overview of the humidity sensor market, and

 new technology solutions for integration, miniaturization, and specificity of the humidity sensor calibration.

Handbook of Humidity Measurement, Volume 3: Sensing Materials and Technologies provides valuable information for practicing engineers, measurement experts, laboratory technicians, project managers in industries and national laboratories, and university students and professors interested in solutions to humidity measurement tasks. Despite the fact that this book is devoted to the humidity sensors, it can be used as a basis for understanding fundamentals of any gas sensor operation and development.

 

 

 

section Section I|226 pages

Humidity-Sensitive Materials

chapter 1|19 pages

Polymers

chapter 2|11 pages

Metal Oxide in Humidity Sensors

chapter 3|15 pages

Al2O3 as a Humidity-Sensitive Material

chapter 4|40 pages

Carbon-Based Materials

chapter 5|17 pages

Semiconductor-Based Humidity Sensors

chapter 6|29 pages

Porous Silicon

chapter 12|13 pages

Supramolecular Materials

section Section II|190 pages

Sensor Technologies and Related Materials

chapter 18|24 pages

Technologies Suitable for Fabrication of Humidity Sensing Layers

General Consideration

chapter 19|33 pages

Polymer Technologies

chapter 20|17 pages

Synthesis of Humidity-Sensitive Metal Oxides

Powder Technologies

chapter 21|16 pages

Humidity Sensors Based on Individual Metal-Oxide 1D Structures

Fabrication Features and Application Prospects

section Section III|57 pages

Calibration and Market of Humidity Sensors