This book reveals why carbon is playing such an increasingly prominent role as a sensing
material. The various steps that transform a raw material in a sensing device are thoroughly
presented and critically discussed. The authors deal with all aspects of carbon-based sensors
starting from the various hybridization and allotropes of carbon with specific focus on micro
and nano sized carbons (e.g. carbon nanotubes graphene) and their growth processes. The
discussion then moves to the role of functionalization and the different routes to achieve it.
Finally a number of sensing applications in various fields are presented highlighting the
connection with the basic properties of the various carbon allotropes. Readers will benefit
from this book's bottom-up approach which starts from the local bonding in carbon solids and
ends with sensing applications linking the local hybridization of carbon atoms and its
modification by functionalization to specific device performance. This book is a must-have in
the library of any scientist involved in carbon based sensing application.
