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A sensor is a device that responds to a stimulus by generating a functional output induced by a change in some intrinsic properties. We are surrounded by sensors and sensing networks that monitor a multitude of parameters in view of enhancing our safety and quality of life. Sensors assist us in health care and diagnostics, they monitor our environment, our aeroplanes and automobiles, our mobile phones, game consoles and watches, and last but not least, many of our human body functions. Modern sensing systems have greatly benefited in recent decades from advances in microelectronics and microengineering, mainly in view of making sensors smaller, cheaper, more sensitive, more selective, and with a better signal-to-noise ratio, following classical scaling rules.
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Pacios Pujadó, M. (2012). Results and Discussion: Impact of Nanotechnology in Sensors. In: Carbon Nanotubes as Platforms for Biosensors with Electrochemical and Electronic Transduction. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31421-6_4
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