| Title: | Imparting sensitivity and selectivity to a gold nanoparticle chemiresistor through thiol monolayer functionalization for sensing acetone |
| Author(s): | Xie Z; Ramakrishnam Raju MV; Stewart AC; Nantz MH; Fu XA; |
| Address: | "Chemical Engineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA. Email: xiaoan.fu@louisville.edu. Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA. Email: Michael.nantz@louisville.edu" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2046-2069 (Print) 2046-2069 (Electronic) 2046-2069 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Chemiresistor-based gas sensors for detection of target volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air face common challenges of poor sensitivity and selectivity as well as suffering from interference by other constituent gases and/or humidity. This work demonstrates that functionalizing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with a designed thiol monolayer improves sensitivity and selectivity of the derived AuNPs gas sensor. We report the synthesis and application of a thiol ligand fitted with both a urea motif and a tert-butyl end group for functionalizing AuNPs. The AuNPs sensor prepared using the urea thiol ligand demonstrated significantly increased acetone sensing in comparison with tested commercially available thiol-functionalized AuNPs. The sensor worked under ambient temperature and high humidity conditions, and demonstrated a linear relationship between the sensor response and the common logarithm of analyte concentration" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEXie, Zhenzhen Ramakrishnam Raju, Mandapati V Stewart, Andrew C Nantz, Michael H Fu, Xiao-An eng P42 ES023716/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ England 2018/12/18 RSC Adv. 2018 Oct 21; 8(62):35618-35624. doi: 10.1039/c8ra06137h. Epub 2018 Oct 18" |
