Springer Sensors in Water Pollutants Monitoring: Role of Material (Advanced Functional Materials and Sensors)

This book discusses the sensitivity, selectivity, and response times of different sensor materials and their potential application in the design of portable sensor systems for monitoring water pollutants and remediation systems. Beginning with an overview on water pollutants and analytical methods for their detection, the book then moves on to describing the advances in sensor materials research, and the scope for their use in different types of sensors. The book lays emphasis on techniques such as colorimetric,  fluorescence, electrochemical, and biological sensing of conventional and emerging pollutants. This book will serve as a handy guide for students, researchers, and professional engineers working in the  field of sensor systems for monitoring water pollutants to address various challenges. From the Back Cover This book discusses the sensitivity, selectivity, and response times of different sensor materials and their potential application in the design of portable sensor systems for monitoring water pollutants and remediation systems. Beginning with an overview on water pollutants and analytical methods for their detection, the book then moves on to describing the advances in sensor materials research, and the scope for their use in different types of sensors. The book lays emphasis on techniques such as colorimetric,  fluorescence, electrochemical, and biological sensing of conventional and emerging pollutants. This book will serve as a handy guide for students, researchers, and professional engineers working in the  field of sensor systems for monitoring water pollutants to address various challenges. About the Author Dr. Pooja D. is currently working as a senior scientist at CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh. She has done her Ph.D. in Engineering from the AcSIR, New Delhi, M. Tech. in Nanotechnology from IIT Roorkee with Gold Medal, B. Tech in Biotechnology with the first rank from Kurukshetra University. She is a well-established young scientist in the field of nanomaterials, sensors, and energy harvesting devices.  She has published 45 international high impact publications, 02 books and more than 50 conference papers . Her research interest is towards techniques and technologies design and development for water pollutants monitoring using opto/electrochemical techniques. She has mainly focused on materails design for above application. Besides, she is also working on materials engineering for solar hydrogen production. She is recipient of several prestigious awards and fellowships including Associateship, Indian Academy of Science, ISCA Young Scientist Award (2019) from Indian Science Congress Association, ISEES Young Scientist Award (2019) by International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, BRICS Young Scientist Award (2018), DST, New Delhi, PITTCON- Travel Grant (2018) from American Chemical Society, Indo-US WARI fellowship (2017), New Delhi, Young Scientist Project Award (2017) from DST, New Delhi, Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship (2010), and MHRD GATE Fellowship (2008). She is also an Outreach Programs Coordinator: CSIR-JIGYASA and CSIR-FTAMP funded by the Gov. of India, Focal Point Member in Indigo projects (European Commission) (2016-2017), Member of Board of Studies, Kurukshetra University, Member of National Advisory Committee, ICAST-2018, Jaipur, India (2018). Dr. Praveen Kumar is working as an Assistant Professor at Indian Association for Cultivation of Sciences (IACS), Kolkata and also a Chair of Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Indian Chapter funded by the European Commission. He received his Ph.D. from Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2011, followed by the postdoctoral studied at ISOM, UPM Madrid. He is recipient of several recognized awards and fellowships, few of them are BRICS Young Scientist Award (2017), Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship from European Commission (2012), INSPIRE Faculty Award from Departme