Prud'homme Alberto, Nabki Frederic
Department of Electrical Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, QC H3C 1K3, Canada.
Sensors (Basel). 2020 Mar 25;20(7):1824. doi: 10.3390/s20071824.
The comparison between potential coatings for the measurement of CO concentration through the frequency shift in micro-resonators is presented. The polymers evaluated are linear polyethylenimine, branched polyethylenimine and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) by microwave reduction with polyethylenimine. The characterization of the coatings was made by using 6 MHz gold-plated quartz crystals, and a proof-of-concept sensor is shown with a diaphragm electrostatic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator. The methods of producing the solutions of the polymers deposited onto the quartz crystals are presented. A CO concentration range from 0.05 % to 1 % was dissolved in air and humidity level were controlled and evaluated. Linear polyethylenimine showed superior performance with a reaction time obtained for stabilization after the concentration increase of 345 s, while the time for recovery was of 126 s, with a maximum frequency deviation of 33.6 Hz for an in-air CO concentration of 0.1%.
本文介绍了通过微谐振器中的频率偏移来测量一氧化碳(CO)浓度的潜在涂层之间的比较。所评估的聚合物包括线性聚乙烯亚胺、支化聚乙烯亚胺以及通过聚乙烯亚胺微波还原得到的还原氧化石墨烯(rGO)。涂层的表征是使用6 MHz镀金石英晶体进行的,并且展示了一个带有隔膜静电微机电系统(MEMS)谐振器的概念验证传感器。文中介绍了将聚合物溶液沉积到石英晶体上的制备方法。将0.05%至1%的CO浓度范围溶解在空气中,并对湿度水平进行控制和评估。线性聚乙烯亚胺表现出优异的性能,在浓度增加后达到稳定的反应时间为345秒,恢复时间为126秒,对于空气中0.1%的CO浓度,最大频率偏差为33.6 Hz。