title: Nanocrystalline tin oxide nanofibers deposited by a novel focused electrospinning method. Application to the detection of TATP precursors.
abstract: A new method of depositing tin dioxide nanofibers in order to develop chemical sensors is presented. It involves an electrospinning process with in-plane electrostatic focusing over micromechanized substrates. It is a fast and reproducible method. After an annealing process, which can be performed by the substrate heaters, it is observed that the fibers are intertwined forming porous networks that are randomly distributed on the substrate. The fiber diameters oscillate from 100 nm to 200 nm and fiber lengths reach several tens of microns. Each fiber has a polycrystalline structure with multiple nano-grains. The sensors have been tested for the detection of acetone and hydrogen peroxide (precursors of the explosive triacetone triperoxide, TATP) in air in the ppm range. High and fast responses to these gases have been obtained.
authors.affiliation: GRIDSEN, Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información (ITEFI-CSIC), Madrid 28006, Spain. jp.santos@csic.es.
authors.forename: José Pedro
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: GRIDSEN, Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información (ITEFI-CSIC), Madrid 28006, Spain. mj.fernandez@csic.es.
authors.forename: Maria Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.affiliation: GRIDSEN, Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información (ITEFI-CSIC), Madrid 28006, Spain. joseluis.fontecha@csic.es.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fontecha
authors.affiliation: GRIDSEN, Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información (ITEFI-CSIC), Madrid 28006, Spain. daniel.matatagui@ccadet.unam.mx.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matatagui
authors.affiliation: GRIDSEN, Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información (ITEFI-CSIC), Madrid 28006, Spain. i.sayago@csic.es.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sayago
authors.affiliation: GRIDSEN, Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información (ITEFI-CSIC), Madrid 28006, Spain. carmen.horrillo.guemes@csic.es.
authors.forename: Maria Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Horrillo
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC), Barcelona 08193, Spain. isabel.gracia@imb-cnm.csic.es.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gracia