Journal
CHEMOSENSORS
Volume 9, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors9050108
Keywords
polymer-based sensors; natural polymers; synthetic polymers; polymer inclusion membranes; nanocomposite polymeric based materials UV-vis sensors; color analysis; humidity sensors; electrochemical devices; MIP-based sensors; wearable sensors
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Polymers play an important role in sensing applications due to their simple manufacturing methods, relatively low-cost materials, and easy functionalization. They can participate in sensing mechanisms or act as supports for the sensing units, and their chemical structure can be modified to enhance their reactivity, biocompatibility, resistance to degradation, and flexibility.
This review illustrates various types of polymer and nanocomposite polymeric based sensors used in a wide variety of devices. Moreover, it provides an overview of the trends and challenges in sensor research. As fundamental components of new devices, polymers play an important role in sensing applications. Indeed, polymers offer many advantages for sensor technologies: their manufacturing methods are pretty simple, they are relatively low-cost materials, and they can be functionalized and placed on different substrates. Polymers can participate in sensing mechanisms or act as supports for the sensing units. Another good quality of polymer-based materials is that their chemical structure can be modified to enhance their reactivity, biocompatibility, resistance to degradation, and flexibility.
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