Polymer-carbon black composite sensors in an electronic nose for air-quality monitoring.
An electronic nose that uses an array of 32 polymer-carbon black composite sensors has been developed, trained, and tested. By selecting a variety of chemical functionalities in the polymers used to make sensors, it is possible to construct an array capable of identifying and quantifying a broad range of target compounds, such as alcohols and aromatics, and distinguishing isomers and enantiomers (mirror-image isomers). A model of the interaction between target molecules and the polymer-carbon black composite sensors is under development to aid in selecting the array members and to enable identification of compounds with responses not stored in the analysis library.
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D000389:Air Conditioning; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis*; D004581:Electronics; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009666:Nose; D011108:Polymers / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation
D011108:Polymers; D002244:Carbon