An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high quality books Open Access. More information about the initiative can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org Contents Preface | V List of Contributing Authors | XIII Olfa Kanoun Impedance spectroscopy advances and future trends: A comprehensive review | 1 1 Introduction | 1 2 Theoretical background | 2 3 Extraction of information from impedance spectra | 3 4 Impedance spectroscopy in measurements and sensor solutions | 4 5 Material characterization | 5 6 Battery characterization and diagnostics | 7 7 Biomedical applications and food characterization | 9 8 Cable fault detection and localization | 11 9 Conductive, capacitive and inductive sensors | 12 10 Biosensors | 15 11 Future trends of impedance spectroscopy | 16 11.1 Embedded and miniaturized solutions | 16 11.2 Fast impedance spectroscopy and tomography | 17 11.3 Impedimetric sensors | 17 Bibliography | 17