Acknowledgments
First, I would like to thank Professor Arnold Fogg, who kindly agreed to edit linguistically the initial draft text. Responsibility for the final text, however, lies with the author and the publishing editors. Also, I would like to acknowledge the assistance generously given by several colleagues at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology of Trondheim, Norway, who took the time to read certain chapters of the book and who made valuable comments and suggestions. These colleagues are: Professor Torbjørn Ljones, Professor David G. Nicholson, and Professor Kalbe Razi Naqvi. I also thank Dr. Alexandru Oprea (University of Tübingen, Germany) and Dr. Marian Florescu (University of Surrey, UK) for similar assistance.
Finally, I am grateful, in writing this book, to all those scientists who have contributed to the advance of chemical sensor science and technology. Many of these scientists are cited in the book, but, owing to space limitations, much valuable work in this area could not be included or cited.
