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Demonstration of fast and accurate discrimination and quantification of
chemically similar species utilizing a single cross-selective chemiresistor
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Vergara A
; Benkstein KD
; Montgomery CB
; Semancik S
Anal Chem
2014[Jul]; 86
(14
): 6753-7
PMID24931319
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Performance characteristics of gas-phase microsensors will determine the ultimate
utility of these devices for a wide range of chemical monitoring applications.
Commonly employed chemiresistor elements are quite sensitive to selected
analytes, and relatively new methods have increased the selectivity to specific
compounds, even in the presence of interfering species. Here, we have focused on
determining whether purposefully driven temperature modulation can produce faster
sensor-response characteristics, which could enable measurements for a broader
range of applications involving dynamic compositional analysis. We investigated
the response speed of a single chemiresitive In2O3 microhotplate sensor to four
analytes (methanol, ethanol, acetone, 2-butanone) by systematically varying the
oscillating frequency (semicycle periods of 20-120 ms) of a bilevel temperature
cycle applied to the sensing element. It was determined that the fastest response
(? 9 s), as indicated by a 98% signal-change metric, occurred for a period of 30
ms and that responses under such modulation were dramatically faster than for
isothermal operation of the same device (>300 s). Rapid modulation between 150
and 450 °C exerts kinetic control over transient processes, including adsorption,
desorption, diffusion, and reaction phenomena, which are important for charge
transfer occurring in transduction processes and the observed response times. We
also demonstrate that the fastest operation is accompanied by excellent
discrimination within a challenging 16-category recognition problem (consisting
of the four analytes at four separate concentrations). This critical finding
demonstrates that both speed and high discriminatory capabilities can be realized
through temperature modulation.