The main arguments are related to: development of new nanostructured materials as sensing layers and new detection mechanisms; development of micro- and nano-systems and their integration in miniaturised instruments; application of innovative devices in the detection of contaminant chemical species and their monitoring.

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Contents:

• Ambient Sensors (A D'Amico)
• Gas Monitoring Unit Realized with a Microsystem Based Approach: Recent Advancements in System Subcomponents and Architecture (S Nicoletti & L Dori)
• Porous Silicon Microcavities in Bio-Chemical Sensing (P Arcari et al.)
• Sensing Performances of LB Calyx[4]pyrrole Films in Alcohol Vapours Recognition (S Conoci et al.)
• Thermal Effects at the Interaction of SnO₂ Chemoresistive Sensors with Reducing Gases (A Tomescu et al.)
• Surface Acoustic Wave Sensing in Liquids: Features, Tendencies, Perspectives (I V Anisimkin & Yu V Gulyaev)
• Rapid Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Environmental Analysis (I Palchetti et al.)
• Automated Water Analyser Computer Supported System (AWACSS): An EU-Supported Consortium Developing a Convenient, Quick and Cost-Effective Water Immunosensor (D M Willard & G Gauglitz)
• Optimisation of an Electrochemical Dissolved Oxygen Microsensor for an Environmental Monitoring System (M E Sandison & J M Cooper)
• On Site Soil Screening for Volatile Pollutants with an Electronic Nose (M Harms et al.)
• A Modelling System for Studying the Photochemical Pollution: An Application Over a Mediterranean Area (C Mangia et al.)
• Sensor Array for the Monitoring of Contaminant Gases (M Aleixandre et al.)
• and other papers

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