Advanced Nanotechnologies for Detection and Defence against CBRN Agents

of Arsenic Trisulfide. A Short Review.- Part IV Electrical Characterization.- Chap. 13, L.C. Costa: Time Domain versus Frequency Domain in the Characterization of Materia.- Chap. 14, M.P.F. Graça, P.R. Prezas: The Measurement of Thermally Stimulated Depolarization and Polarization Currents.- Chap. 15, S. Devesa, M.P.F. Graça, L.C. Costa: Iron Concentration Effect on the Microwave Dielectric Properties of BiNbO4 Ceramics.- Chap. 16, B.M.G. Melo, M.A. Valente, M.P.F. Graça: Dielectric Analysis of Phosphate-Borate Glass-Ceramics Doped with Alkali Oxides.- Chap. 17, S. Soreto Teixeira, A.J.M. Sales, M.P.F. Graça, M.A. Valente, L.C. Costa: Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Yttrium Ferrites.- Part V Materials: Graphene, Nanotubes and Nanodiamonds.- Chap. 18, A. Ansón-Casaos, E. Garcia-Bordeje, A. M. Benito, W.K. Maser: Nanostructured Carbon Materials: Synthesis and Applications.- Chap. 19, N. Felgen, A. Schmidt, B. Naydenov, F. Jelezko , J.P. Reithmaier, C. Popov: Quantum Information Technology and Sensing Based on Color Centers in Diamond. cHap. 20, L. Himics, M. Veres, S. Tóth, I. Rigó, M. Koós: Experimental Study of Spectral Parameters of Silicon-Vacancy Centers in MWCVD Nanodiamond Films Important for Sensing Applications, Chap. 21, A. Petrovski, P. Paunovic, A. Grozdanov, A. T. Dimitrov, G. Gentile, M. Avella: Electrochemical Synthesis of PANI/Graphene Nanocomposites Aimed for SensorS, Chap. 22, A. Santidrian, N. Lozano, A. M. Benito, W. K. Maser, A. Anson-Casaos: Preparation of Metallic and Semiconducting SWCNT Inks by a Simple Chromatographic Method: A Two-Parameter Study.- Part VI Materials: Nanowires and Fibers.- Chap. 23, A.Vaseashta, N. Karagülle: Loaded Nanofibers - Force Protection, Filtration, Decontamination.- Chap. 24, N. Bölgen, A. Vaseashta: Nanocomposites of Electrospun Polymeric Materials as Protective Textiles against Chemical and Biological Hazards.- Part VII Materials: Nanocomposites.- Chap. 25, Z. Samir, S. Boukheir, Y. El Merabet, M.P.F. Graça, M.E. Achour, L.C. Costa: Temperature Effect on the Dielectric Response of Carbon Nanotubes Particles Filled Polyester Polymer Composites.- Chap. 26, S. Kolev, T. Koutzarova: Nanosized Ferrite Materials for Absorption of and Protection from MW Radiation.- Chap. 27, L. Kreit, Z. Samir, I. Bouknaitir, A. Triki, M.E. Achour, L.C. Costa, A. Kallel, A. Oueriagli, M. Mabrouki: Dielectric Relaxation in Biocomposites Based on Olive Pomace Grain.- Chap. 28, Z. Petkova, I. Kostova, G. Antova: Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Application in Thin Polymer Films.- Chap. 29, L.Storozhuk, N. Iukhymenko: Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Modified with Silanes and Their Heating Ability in Alternating Magnetic Fields.- Part VIII Materials: Glasses and Polymers.- Chap. 30, T. Kavetskyy, O. Smutok, M. Gonchar, O. Sausa, Y. Kukhazh, H. Svajdlenková, T. Petkova, V. Boev, V. Ilcheva: Ureasil-based Polymer Matrices as Sensitive Layers for the Construction of Amperometric Biosensors.- Chap. 31, D. Tsiulyanu, M. Ciobanu, O. Mocreac: Impedance Characterization of Gas Sensitive Chalcogenide Films.- Chap. 32, T. Kavetskyy, H. Svajdlenková, Y. Kukhazh, O. Sausa, K. Cechová, I. Matko, N. Hoivanovych, O. Dytso, T. Petkova, V. Boev, V. Ilcheva: Swelling Behavior of Organic-Inorganic Ureasil-Based Polymers.- Chap. 33, V. Ilcheva, V. Boev, D. Tatchev, G. Avdeev, G. Zamfirova, V. Gaydarov, V. Lilova, T. Petkova: Synthesis and Characterization of Organically Modified Silicates by Co-condensation of Two Organic - Inorganic Ureasilicate Monomers,- Chap. 34, R. Harizanova, L. Vladislavova, C. Bocker, G. Avdeev, C. Rüssel: Sr-substituted Barium Titanate Glass Ceramics from Oxide Glasses as Potential Material for Sensor Preparation.- Chap. 35, L. Vladislavova, C. Thieme, T. Zscheckel, C. Patzig, T. Höche, C. Rüssel: BaO/SrO/ZnO/SiO2 Glass System: Influence of Different Nucleation Agents: Bulk versus Surface Crystallisation.- Chap. 36, S. Slavov, Z. Jiao: Bismuth-Titanate Bi2Ti2O7 Crystallization in the Bi2O3/TiO2/SiO2/Nd2O3 System.- Part IX Applications: Sensors and Detectors.- Chap. 37, T. Eftimov, D. Tonchev, I. Kostova, G. Patronov, T. Pashova: Application of Sm Oxide Doped Oxyfluoride Glasses for the Development of Extrinsic Fibre Optical X-ray Sensors.- Chap. 38, A. Hofmann, M. Meister, S. Germer: Next Generation Diagnostics: Highly Sensitive Integrated CMOS Photodiode Sensor Array for Light Absorption Measurement.- Chap. 39, G. Chepishevski, A. Petrovski, A. Grozdanov, P. Paunovic, A. Dimitrov, G. Gentile, M. Avella: MWCNT/PANI Screen Printed Electrodes for Gas Sensors.- Chap. 40, A. Shalaby, Sh. Safwat-Mansour, A.S. Afify, M. Hassan, A. Staneva: Synthesis of RGO/SiO2 and Ag/RGO/SiO2 Nanocomposites and Study of Their Sensitivity Towards Humidity.- Chap. 41, M. Abdallah, N. Velikova, Y. Ivanova, A.S. Afify, M. Ataalla, M. Hassan: Preparation of Nanoporous Hybrid Materials with Bridged Tetra Sulfide Functional Groups and Determination of Their Sensing Characteristics towards Relative Humidity.- Chap. 42, M. Ataalla, Ahmed S. Afify, M. Hassan, A.M. Adam, M. Milanova, I. Piroeva: Humidity Sensing Properties of Tungsten Based Glass Crystalline Materials in the WO3-ZnO-La2O3-Al2O3 System.- Chap. 43, D. Demir, N. Bölgen, Ashok Vaseashta: Green Synthesis of Silva Nanoparticles Using Lantana Camara Leaf Extract and Their Use as Mercury(II) Ion Sensor.- Chap. 44, S. Kozhukharov, Ch. Girginov, O. Kostadinova: Highly Ordered AAO Layers for Various Sensor Applications.- Chap. 45, V. Postica, O. Lupan, J. Göttrup, R. Adelung: Individual Bi2O3-Functionalized ZnO Microwire for Hydrogen Gas Detection.- Part X Applications: Water Treatment, Environment and Health.- Chap. 46, P. Paunovic, O. Popovski, P. Khadke, U. Krewer, G. Nacevski, A. Grozdanov, A. T. Dimitrov: Improvement of the Catalytic Activity of Pt through Synergetic Interaction with Co.- Chap. 47, P. Písarík , M. Jelínek, J. Remsa, J. Miksovský: Antibacterial Coatings for Biomedical Applications.- Chap. 48, I.V. Pavlidis: Identification and Evolution of Biocatalysts of Interest.- Chap. 49, T.S. Kavetskyy, R.I. Khalilov, O.O. Voloshanska, L.M. Kropyvnytska, T.M. Beyba, V.A. Serezhenkov, A.N. Nasibova, A. Akbarzadeh, S.Ya. Voloshanska: Self-organized Magnetic Nanoparticles in Plant Systems: ESR Detection and Perspectives for Biomedical Applications.- CHAP. 50, N. Enaki, T. Paslari, E. Starodub, S. Bizgan, C. Ristoscu, I.N. Mihailescu, A. Vaseashta: Nanoparticle Based Decontamination of Bacteria/Pathogens.- CHAP. 51, A. Stoilova, A. Georgiev, D. Nazarova, L. Nedelchev, D. Dimov, P. Petkov: Development of Nanostructured Materials with CBRN Agents Sensing Properties.- Subject Index.

Technologies and Analytics (INA), University of Kassel, Germany, where at the present he is a Group leader. His current research interests cover deposition, characterization and applications of nano- and ultrananocrystalline diamond films. He is co-author of more than 100 publications, 20 contributions to conference proceedings and 18 book chapters, co-editor of 4 books.

Wilhelm Kulisch studied Physics at the Universities of Münster and Kassel in Germany. Degrees: diploma, PhD and habilition. Since 1988 he works as Researcher and Teacher at the Institute of Nanotechnology (formely Microtechnology) and Analytics at the University of Kassel. His fields of research (among other) include semiconductor devices, thin film technology, superhard materials, diamond and nanodiamond, nanotechnology, biosensors. Between 2003 and 2009 he stayed four years at the NanoBioTech group at the Joint Research Center of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy. He is author of over 200 publications, ca. 10 textbooks and two monographies, editor of five books on diamond and sensors.