Polymer coated quartz crystal microbalance sensors for detection of volatile organic compounds in gas mixtures.
By coating different conducting polymers of thiophene and its derivatives on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor surfaces, new novel QCM gas sensors have been produced in two simple ways, which could classify testing gas samples of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) gases. Principle components analysis (PCA) has been performed based on the QCM measurement results, which shows that our QCM sensors array has very good utilizing potential on sensing both polar and low-polar/nonpolar VOC gases. The sensitivity, selectivity, reproducibility and detection limit of QCM sensors have also been discussed. Quantitative variation of sensitivity response with the increasing concentration has been studied. (PLS) analysis and prediction of concentrations of single gas in mixtures have been carried out.
Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University Center, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Sipengc@ruc.dk
Pengchao
P
Si
John
J
Mortensen
Alexei
A
Komolov
Jens
J
Denborg
Preben Juul
PJ
Møller
D002138:Calibration; D003460:Crystallization; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004563:Electrochemistry; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011791:Quartz / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014050:Toluene / Q000737:chemistry; D014835:Volatilization
D005740:Gases; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011108:Polymers; D011791:Quartz; D014050:Toluene; D000431:Ethanol