Review of recent trends in gas sensing technologies and their miniaturization potential

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to give an overview about the state of the art and novel technologies used in gas sensing. It also discusses the miniaturization potential of some of these technologies in a comparative way.

Design/methodology/approach

In this article, the authors state the most of the methods used in gas sensing discuss their advantages and disadvantages and at last the authors discuss the ability of their miniaturization comparing between them in terms of their sensing parameters like sensitivity, selectivity and cost.

Findings

In this article, the authors will try to cover most of the important methods used in gas sensing and their recent developments. The authors will also discuss their miniaturization potential trying to find the best candidate among the different types for the aim of miniaturization.

Originality/value

In this article, the authors will review most of the methods used in gas sensing and discuss their miniaturization potential delimiting the research to a certain type of technology or application.

Citation

Lakkis, S., Younes, R., Alayli, Y. and Sawan, M. (2014), "Review of recent trends in gas sensing technologies and their miniaturization potential", Sensor Review, Vol. 34 No. 1, pp. 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-11-2012-724