Recent Developments in the Utilization of Nanomaterials for Sensing Platforms

With the advancement of cutting-edge detection strategies, nanomaterials are a definite frontrunner in sensor-based research concerns. In fact, the present global scenario regarding environmental, biomedical, and food safety monitoring, demands the fruitful utilization of nanomaterials in different spheres of our daily life settings. Due to the abundance and tempting properties of carbon-based nanomaterials, these materials are ruling the sensing platforms for various applications. This chapter aims at covering the newly developed sensor supports with the utilization of carbon-based nanomaterials, particularly graphene, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The use of these nanomaterials demonstrated the robustness and exquisite improvements in response time, selectivity, sensitivity, and detection limits that essentially nominate them as the most promising electrode materials in diverse sensing platforms. In this chapter, several latest detection techniques are discussed extensively, concerning electrochemical, gas, and biosensing platforms using different functionalized CNT and graphene-based electrodes. In fine, the underlying challenges encountered during the dynamic progress of those nanomaterials are highlighted, followed by a brief remark on indomitable future prospects in sensor science.