Over the last decade, techniques for materials preparation and
processing at nanometer scale have advanced rapidly, leading to the
introduction of novel principles for a new generation of sensors
and detectors. At the same time, the chemical industry, transport
and agriculture produce huge amounts of dangerous waste gases and
liquids, leading to soil, air and water contamination. One more
modern threat - international terrorism - demands that scientists
make efforts to apply new principles and technologies to protect
society against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
(CBRN) attacks and to develop novel effective technologies for the
remediation of large contaminated areas. Accordingly, the main goal
of this book is to bring together experts (theorists,
experimentalists, engineers and technologists) for an extensive
discussion covering: novel principles for functional nanostructures
and detector fabrication and implementation, the development of
novel technologies for the deactivation of CBRN agents, their
experimental realization and their application in novel monitoring
and control systems, and technological processes for soil and water
remediation, with a view to environmental protection and defence
against CBRN-based terrorism. In keeping with the book's main goal,
the following topics are highlighted and discussed: - Sensors and
detectors - detection of chemicals, principles of "artificial nose"
and chemical "micro-lab on a chip" design, surface and underground
water quality monitoring systems, molecular electronics,
superconducting electronic devices, quantum detectors and Qubits. -
Environmental protection and CBRN - detection of infrared,
microwave, X-ray and terahertz radiation. Principles for novel IR-,
UV-, and Terahertz-wave devices for the detection of low-contrast
objects. - Novel technological processes for CBRN destruction and
deactivation. All these topics are strongly interrelated, both with
regard to fundamental aspects and to fabrication and implementation
technologies; in addition, they are highly promising for
application in novel functional devices, computer logics, sensing
and detection of low-concentration chemicals, weak and extremely
weak magnetic and microwave fields, infrared and ultraviolet
radiation. Given its scope, the book will be a useful and
interesting guide for a broad readership of engineers, scientists,
PhD students and experts in the area of defence against
environmental terrorism.
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