Porous materials for electrical gas sensors and actuators without moveable part

Abstract

This talk briefly summarizes the work of our group over the last decade, showing how highly porous materials can be used as both electrical sensors and electrical actuators without the need for moving parts. This is because both applications ultimately require flow through electrically conductive material, for which highly porous materials are ideally suited. Highly porous structures from the aeromaterial family proved to be ideally suited for both gas sensors and actuators.