Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology , Kawasaki , Kanagawa 213-0012 , Japan.
Institute of Industrial Science , The University of Tokyo , Meguro , Tokyo 153-8505 , Japan.
ACS Sens. 2019 Mar 22;4(3):711-716. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.8b01615. Epub 2019 Mar 13.
This paper describes an odorant sensor based on mosquito olfactory receptors (ORs) that is sensitive to the volatile organic compound octenol. The ORs and OR coreceptors were reconstructed in the lipid bilayer membrane in a chamber device equipped with electrodes. Using this odorant sensor, we obtained ion current changes caused by specific OR responses to octenol. We installed the odorant sensor into a mobile robot and succeeded in the demonstration of coupling octenol gas detection and robot actuation. We believe that this biohybrid odorant sensing system will be a key technology for future artificial olfaction.
本文描述了一种基于蚊子嗅觉受体 (ORs) 的气味传感器，该传感器对挥发性有机化合物辛醇敏感。ORs 和 OR 核心受体在配备电极的腔室装置中的脂质双层膜中被重建。使用这种气味传感器，我们获得了特定 OR 对辛醇反应引起的离子电流变化。我们将气味传感器安装到移动机器人上，并成功地展示了辛醇气体检测与机器人驱动的耦合。我们相信，这种生物混合气味传感系统将成为未来人工嗅觉的关键技术。
