Li Hua, Jiang Linxiu, Guo Chaoqun, Zhu Jianmin, Jiang Yongrong, Chen Zhencheng
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China.
Guangxi Experiment Center of Information Science, Guilin 541004, China.
Sensors (Basel). 2017 Jan 4;17(1):87. doi: 10.3390/s17010087.
The injection and ionization of volatile organic compounds (VOA) by an integrated chip is experimentally analyzed in this paper. The integrated chip consists of a needle-to-cylinder electrode mounting on the Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) substrate. The needle-to-cylinder electrode is designed and fabricated by Lithographie, Galvanoformung and Abformung (LIGA) technology. In this paper, the needle is connected to a negative power supply of -5 kV and used as the cathode; the cylinder electrodes are composed of two arrays of cylinders and serve as the anode. The ionic wind is produced based on corona and glow discharges of needle-to-cylinder electrodes. The experimental setup is designed to observe the properties of the needle-to-cylinder discharge and prove its functions as an ion source and air pump. In summary, the main results are as follows: (1) the ionic wind velocity produced by the chip is about 0.79 m/s at an applied voltage of -3300 V; (2) acetic acid and ammonia water can be injected through the chip, which is proved by pH test paper; and (3) the current measured by a Faraday cup is about 10 pA for acetic acid and ammonia with an applied voltage of -3185 V. The integrated chip is promising for portable analytical instruments, such as ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS), and mass spectrometry (MS).
本文对一种集成芯片对挥发性有机化合物(VOA)的注射和电离进行了实验分析。该集成芯片由安装在聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)基板上的针筒电极组成。针筒电极采用光刻、电铸和注塑(LIGA)技术设计制造。在本文中,针连接到 -5 kV 的负电源并用作阴极;圆柱电极由两排圆柱组成并用作阳极。离子风基于针筒电极的电晕放电和辉光放电产生。实验装置旨在观察针筒放电的特性,并证明其作为离子源和空气泵的功能。综上所述,主要结果如下:(1)在 -3300 V 的施加电压下,芯片产生的离子风速约为 0.79 m/s;(2)通过 pH 试纸证明,乙酸和氨水可以通过芯片注入;(3)在 -3185 V 的施加电压下,用法拉第杯测量的乙酸和氨的电流约为 10 pA。该集成芯片在便携式分析仪器方面具有应用前景,如离子迁移谱(IMS)、场不对称离子迁移谱(FAIMS)和质谱(MS)。