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Title:		Preparation and Gas Sensing Properties of In2O3/Au Nanorods for Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds in Exhaled Breath
Author(s):		Xing R; Xu L; Song J; Zhou C; Li Q; Liu D; Wei Song H;
Address:		"State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, People's Republic of China. 1] State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, People's Republic of China [2] The State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, 210096 P. R. China"
Journal Title:		Sci Rep
Year:		2015
Volume:		20150601
Issue:
Page Number:		10717 -
DOI:		10.1038/srep10717
ISSN/ISBN:		2045-2322 (Electronic) 2045-2322 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A series of In2O3/Au nanorods (NRs) were fabricated and characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The length to diameter ratios of In2O3/Au NRs was periodically modulated in the range of 2.9-4.5 through controlling the initial content of indium salt and reaction time. Their gas sensing properties to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were carefully studied and then applied in exhaled breath detection. The results demonstrate that In2O3/Au NRs gas sensor can effectively detect acetone at 250 degrees C and ethanol at 400 degrees C. The corresponding actual detection limit is as low as 0.1 ppm to acetone and 0.05 ppm to ethanol, respectively. Moreover, by using humidity compensation method, In2O3/Au NRs gas sensor can clearly distinguish the acetone and ethanol biomarkers in human breath. The main reason of the enhanced gas sensing properties was attributed to the 'spillover effects' between Au and In2O3 NRs. The excellent sensing performance indicates that In2O3/Au NRs is a promising functional material to actual application in monitoring and detecting diabetes and safe driving area in a noninvasive and more accurate way"
Keywords:		Acetone/chemistry *Biosensing Techniques Breath Tests *Exhalation Gold/*chemistry Humans Indium/*chemistry Nanotubes/*chemistry/ultrastructure Reproducibility of Results Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry;
Notes:		"MedlineXing, Ruiqing Xu, Lin Song, Jian Zhou, Chunyang Li, Qingling Liu, Dali Wei Song, Hong eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2015/06/02 Sci Rep. 2015 Jun 1; 5:10717. doi: 10.1038/srep10717"