Expanding the Vision of Sensor Materials

Committee on New Sensor Technologies: Materials and Applications, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• 1 FRONT MATTER; 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 3 PART I: DEFINITIONS AND ISSUES; 4 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SENSORS; 5 CHAPTER 2: INTERDISCIPLINARY STRATEGY; 6 PART II: MATERIALS FOR SENSORS--IDENTIFYING NEEDS; 7 CHAPTER 3: SELECTED SENSOR APPLICATIONS IN MANUFACTURING; 8 CHAPTER 4: SELECTED SENSOR APPLICATIONS FOR STRUCTURAL MONITORING AND CONTROL; 9 CHAPTER 5: LWIR SENSORS; 10 CHAPTER 6: CHEMICAL SENSORS; 11 PART III: OPPORTUNITIES, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS; 12 CHAPTER 7: SENSOR MATERIALS R&D OPPORTUNITIES; 13 CHAPTER 8: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; 14 APPENDIX A: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SENSOR TECHNOLOGY; 15 APPENDIX B: SENSOR TECHNOLOGY GLOSSARY -- DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS ..; 16 APPENDIX C: AN ILLUSTRATIVE SENSOR TAXONOMY; 17 APPENDIX D: SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR MONITORING POLYMER CURING; 18 APPENDIX E: FIGURES OF MERIT FOR INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; 19 APPENDIX F: ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES FOR CHEMICAL SENSING; 20 APPENDIX G: CANDIDATE SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETECTION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS..; 21 APPENDIX H: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS