A carbon-nanotube-based sensor array for formaldehyde detection

Nanotechnology. 2011 Feb 4;22(5):055502. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/5/055502. Epub 2010 Dec 23.

Abstract

We have fabricated a sensor array consisting of 32 sensor elements with pristine, doped and metal-loaded single-wall carbon nanotubes as sensing materials. The sensor elements consist of interdigitated electrodes with varying finger widths and gaps. The chemiresistor-type sensors provide a significant response to formaldehyde at concentrations down to 10 ppb in air with rapid response and recovery times.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.