Gas sensors fabricated with nanowires as the detecting elements are powerful due to their
many improved characteristics such as high surface-to-volume ratios, ultrasensitivity, higher …

This biannual review covers the time period from January 2004 to December 2005 and is
written in continuation of previous reviews (A1-A3). An electronic search in SciFinder and …

Hydrogen–air mixtures are highly flammable. Hydrogen sensors are therefore of paramount
importance for timely leak detection during handling. However, existing solutions do not …

In this review, we discuss the evolution of localized surface plasmon resonance and surface
plasmon resonance hydrogen sensors based on nanostructured metal hydrides, which has …

Optical fibre nanowires and microwires offer a variety of enabling properties, including large
evanescent fields, flexibility, configurability, high confinement, robustness and compactness …

Hydrogen is used in many industrial processes and is regarded as one of the most
promising clean-energy carriers for future applications in transportation and power …

With diameter close to or below the wavelength of guided light and high index contrast
between the fiber core and the surrounding, an optical microfiber shows a variety of …

Metal hydrides often display dramatic changes in optical properties upon hydrogenation.
These shifts make them prime candidates for many tunable optical devices, such as optical …

Microwires and nanowires have been manufactured by using a wide range of bottom-up
techniques such as chemical or physical vapor deposition and top-down processes such as …

Micro-/nanofibers (MNFs) are optical fibers with diameters close to or below the wavelength
of the guided light. These tiny fibers can offer engineerable waveguiding properties …