Solid-State Sensors

A thorough and up-to-date introduction to solid-state sensors, materials, fabrication processes, and applications

Solid-State Sensors provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, covering fundamental principles, underlying theories, sensor materials, fabrication technologies, current and possible future applications, and more. Presented in a clear and accessible format, this reader-friendly textbook describes the fundamentals and classification of all major types of solid-state sensors, including piezoresistive, capacitive, thermometric, optical bio-chemical, magnetic, and acoustic-based sensors.

Throughout the text, the authors offer insight into how different solid-state methods complement each other as well as their respective advantages and disadvantages in relation to specific devices and a variety of state-of-the-art applications. Detailed yet concise chapters include numerous visual illustrations and comparative tables of different subtypes of sensors for a given application.

With in-depth discussion of recent developments, current research, and key challenges in the field of solid-state sensors, this volume:

• Describes solid-state sensing parameters and their importance in sensor characterization
• Explores possible future applications and breakthroughs in associated fields of research
• Covers the fundamental principles and relevant equations of sensing phenomena
• Discusses promising smart materials that have the potential for sensing applications
• Includes an overview of the history, classification, and terminology of sensors

With well-balanced coverage of the fundamentals of sensor design, current and emerging applications, and the most recent research developments in the field, Solid-State Sensors is an excellent textbook for advanced students and professionals in disciplines such as Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

《固態感測器：全面且最新的介紹》是一本深入且最新的固態感測器、材料、製造工藝和應用的導論。本書以清晰易懂的形式呈現，描述了所有主要類型的固態感測器的基本原理、基礎理論、感測材料、製造技術、當前和可能的未來應用等。這本讀者友好的教科書詳細介紹了壓阻、電容、熱計、光學生物化學、磁性和聲波感測器等所有主要類型的固態感測器的基礎和分類。在整本書中，作者們深入探討了不同的固態方法如何互補，以及它們在特定設備和各種最新應用中的優缺點。每個章節都詳細而簡潔，包含了大量的視覺插圖和比較表，用於給定應用的不同子類型的感測器。本書深入討論了固態感測器領域的最新發展、當前研究和主要挑戰，內容包括：描述固態感測參數及其在感測器表徵中的重要性；探索相關研究領域的可能未來應用和突破；介紹感測現象的基本原理和相關方程式；討論具有感測應用潛力的智能材料；概述感測器的歷史、分類和術語。《固態感測器》平衡地涵蓋了感測器設計的基礎知識、當前和新興應用以及該領域最新的研究發展，是電氣電子工程、物理學、化學和生物醫學工程等專業的高級學生和專業人士的優秀教科書。

Ambarish Paul, PhD, is currently working on bendable sensors for healthcare management at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has authored research articles in reputed IEEE journals in the fields of microfabrication and chemical-based pressure sensors.

Mitradip Bhattacharjee, PhD, is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, India.

Ravinder Dahiya, PhD, is a Reader and EPSRC Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK, where he is also the Director of the Electronics Design Centre. He sits on the Editorial Boards of IEEE Transactions on Robotics and IEEE Sensors Journal.

Ambarish Paul, PhD，目前在英國格拉斯哥大學從事可彎曲感測器在醫療管理方面的研究。他在微製造和基於化學的壓力感測器領域的知名IEEE期刊上發表了研究論文。

Mitradip Bhattacharjee, PhD，是印度科學教育與研究學院（IISER）博帕爾分校電機工程與計算機科學系的助理教授。

Ravinder Dahiya, PhD，是英國格拉斯哥大學工程學院的讀者和EPSRC研究員，同時也是電子設計中心的主任。他是《IEEE機器人學交易》和《IEEE感測器期刊》的編輯委員會成員。