Dr. Sheikh A. Akbar

Visiting Professor

Department of  Nanomaterials and Ceramic Engineering.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Date:
30/05/2023
03/06/2023
05/06/2023
10/06/2023
13/06/2023
17/06/2023
20/06/2023
24/06/2023
27/06/2023
01/07/2023
04/07/2023

Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Venue: Seminar Room, Department of Nanomaterials and Ceramic Engineering, OAB.

Topics:
1. Chemical Sensors and the Environment
Definitions, Markets and trends,
Applications and challenges
2. Resistive Sensor Materials: Fundamentals
Gas-solid reaction, Surface states and conduction, Selectivity and interference
3. Specific Resistive/Semiconductive Sensors
CO sensor – a case study
4. Electrochemical Sensors: Fundamentals
Galvanic cell thermodynamics
Electrolytes and electrodes
5. Specific Electrochemical Sensor
CO2 sensor – a case study
6. AC Electrical Measurements Applied to Sensors
Equivalent circuit and complex plane analysis, Modeling of materials
behavior, Sensing mechanism.
7. Ceramic Nano-structures (Non-lithographic)
Fabrication of ceramic nano-structures via gas-phase reaction
Stress-driven nano-structures in ceramics
1-D nano-structures by oxidation
Sensing and biomedical applications
Opportunities and challenges