International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
Volume 1, Issue 2 (2015)
Published
Table of contents
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A Review on Outlook on Future Prospects of Nanosensors
Abstract: Nanosensors are gaining increasing attention due to the need to detect and measure chemical and physical properties in difficult to reach biological and industrial systems that are in the nano-scale region. Nanosensors have superior properties over the existing techniques such as high-performance liquid chromatography or gas chromatography, because they can provide rapid, sensitive, simple and low-cost on field detection. Research and development in the nanosensor domain is driven by specific …
Published in International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 01–07 Read article
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A Review on Hypothetical Evaluation of Nanosensors
Abstract: Nanosensors are chemical or mechanical sensors that can be utilized to distinguish the presence of synthetic species and nanoparticles, or screen physical elements, for example, temperature, on the nanoscale. They likewise discover use in therapeutic analytic applications Nanosensors are increasing expanding consideration because of the need to identify and measure synthetic and physical properties in hard to reach natural and mechanical frameworks that are in the nano-scale area. These hypothetical …
Published in International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 08–11 Read article
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Controlled Texture of Magnetron Sputtered Transparent Conducting ZnO: Al Films for Solar Cell Applications
Abstract: Textured transparent and conducting ZnO:Al films were prepared by rf-magnetron sputtering on glass substrate at a temperature 3500C under Ar and Ar+O2 gas ambient. ZnO:Al thin films shows a minimum electrical resistivity of (~8.210-4 Ω-cm), and high optical transmittance (T~86–90% average) in visible region. With increasing of oxygen concentration ZnO:Al films become more compact, stoichiometric and becomes more electrically resistive. ZnO:Al shows hexagonal wurtzite polycrystalline structure with strong (002) orientations. …
Published in International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 12–19 Read article
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Action Potential Monitoring Using Neuronanorobots: Neuroelectric Nanosensors
Abstract: Neuronanorobotics, a key future medical technology that can enable the preservation of human brain information, requires appropriate nanosensors. Action potentials encode the most resource-intensive functional brain data. This paper presents a theoretical design for electrical nanosensors intended for use in neuronanorobots to provide non-destructive, in vivo, continuous, real-time, single-spike monitoring of action potentials initiated and processed within the ~86 x 109 neurons of the human brain as intermediated through the …
Published in International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 20–41 Read article
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Enhancing the Sensing Properties of Nanosensors for Detection of Gases
Abstract: In order to improve commercial gas sensors, many approaches have attempted to modify the sensing properties of metal oxide semiconductor gas sensors in order to achieve higher sensitivity and selectivity. Enhancements of the sensing properties of MOS sensor (Metal Oxide Gas Sensors) materials can be achieved by the development of sensors with nanoscale sizes and structures, such as nanoparticles, nanowires, nanorods etc.
Published in International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 42–43 Read article