A microcantilever-based alcohol vapor sensor-application and response model

Henriette Jensenius, Jacob Thaysen, Anette Alsted Rasmussen, Lars Helt Veje, Ole Hansen, Anja Boisen

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    Abstract

    A recently developed microcantilever probe with integrated piezoresistive readout has been applied as a gas sensor. Resistors, sensitive to stress changes, are integrated on the flexible cantilevers. This makes it possible to monitor the cantilever deflection electrically and with an integrated reference cantilever background noise is subtracted directly in the measurement. A polymer coated cantilever has been exposed to vapors of various alcohols and the resulting cantilever response has been interpreted using a simple evaporation model. The model indicates that the cantilever response is a direct measure of the molecular concentration of alcohol vapor. On the basis of the model the detection limit of this cantilever-based sensor is determined to be below 10 ppm for alcohol vapor measurements. Furthermore, the time response of the cantilever can be used to distinguish between different alcohols due to a difference in the evaporation rates. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume76
    Issue number18
    Pages (from-to)2615-2617
    ISSN0003-6951
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2000

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    Keywords

    • STRESS
    • FORCE MICROSCOPY

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