Miniature sensor suitable for electronic nose applications

L. A. Pinnaduwage; A. C. Gehl; S. L. Allman; Alicia Johansson; Anja Boisen

doi:10.1063/1.2735841

Miniature sensor suitable for electronic nose applications

L. A. Pinnaduwage, A. C. Gehl, S. L. Allman, Alicia Johansson, Anja Boisen

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A major research effort has been devoted over the years for the development of chemical sensors for the detection of chemical and explosive vapors. However, the deployment of such chemical sensors will require the use of multiple sensors probably tens of sensors in a sensor package to achieve selective detection. In order to keep the overall detector unit small, miniature sensors with sufficient sensitivity of detection will be needed.We report sensitive detection of dimethyl methylphosphonate DMMP, a stimulant for the nerve agents, using a miniature sensor unit based on piezoresistive microcantilevers. The sensor can detect parts-per-trillion concentrations of DMMP within 10 s exposure times. The small size of the sensor makes it ideally suited for electronic nose applications. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.

Original language	English
Journal	Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume	78
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	055101
ISSN	0034-6748
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2735841
Publication status	Published - 2007

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