We show that the capacitance of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is highly sensitive to a broad class of chemical vapors and that this transduction mechanism can form the basis for a fast, low-power sorption-based chemical sensor. In the presence of a dilute chemical vapor, molecular adsorbates are polarized by the fringing electric fields radiating from the surface of a SWNT electrode, w...

a theoretical density functional theory (dft) study was performed on a series of the neutral n-phenylthiourea substituents (p-oc2h5, p-ch3, m-ch3, h, p-cl, p-br, m-cl, and p-no2) as the sensor of acetate and fluoride anions. the hydrogen bond character was analyzed as a scale of the sensing activity. it was confirmed that hydrogen bond between the p-no2 derivatives of n-phenylthiourea and fluor...

Iron oxide ornamented carbon nanotube nanocomposites (Fe3O4.CNT NCs) were prepared by a wet-chemical process in basic means. The optical, morphological, and structural characterizations of Fe3O4.CNT NCs were performed using FTIR, UV/Vis., FESEM, TEM; XEDS, XPS, and XRD respectively. Flat GCE had been fabricated with a thin-layer of NCs using a coating binding agent. It was performed for the che...

A sol-gel optical chemical sensor encapsulated with complexing agents for simultaneous detection of selected heavy metals such as chromium and iron in aqueous media was fabricated. The sensor was prepared by acid catalyzed copolymerization of tetramethoxysilane(TMOS) and starch. 300μL of TMOS and starch mixture was load to the 96 well plate and then the gelation was completed within 2 hours. Th...

The importance of biomechanics in glucose sensor function has been largely overlooked. This article is the first part of a two-part review in which we look beyond commonly recognized chemical biocompatibility to explore the biomechanics of the sensor-tissue interface as an important aspect of continuous glucose sensor biocompatibility. Part I provides a theoretical framework to describe how bio...

Graphene is a two-dimensional material with extremely favorable chemical sensor properties. Conventional nanolithography typically leaves a resist residue on the graphene surface, whose impact on the sensor characteristics has not yet been determined. Here we show that the contamination layer chemically dopes the graphene, enhances carrier scattering, and acts as an absorbent layer that concent...

A chemical sensor for ozone based on an array of microfabricated tuning forks is described. The tuning forks are highly sensitive and stable, with low power consumption and cost. The selective detection is based on the specific reaction of the polymer with ozone. With a mass detection limit of ∼2 pg/mm(2) and response time of 1 second, the sensor coated with a polymer sensing material can detec...

NDIR-based CO2 sensor is commonly used in the field of environmental monitoring due to relatively high accuracy compared with that of a chemical CO2 gas sensor. This paper presents a wireless sensing system with a low-cost Non-Dispersive InfraRed (NDIR) sensor module used to determine gas concentration in a remote air quality monitoring system. Unlike the chemical CO2 gas sensor, the proposed s...

In this work, a new type of optical fiber based chemical sensor, the sub-nanoliter sample cell (SNSC) based gas sensor, is described and compared to existing sensors designs in the literature. This novel SNSC gas sensor is shown to have the capability of gas detection with a cell volume in the sub-nanoliter range. Experimental results for various configurations of the sensor design are presente...