Author, as appears in the article.: Thamri, Atef; Baccar, Hamdi; Struzzi, Claudia; Bittencourt, Carla; Abdelghani, Adnane; Llobet, Eduard
Department: Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica
URV's Author/s: Llobet Valero, Eduard
Keywords: Clean water and sanitation
Abstract: The chemical modification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with a long chain mercapto acid is reported as a way to improve sensitivity and response time of gas sensors for detecting alcohols, acetone and toxic gases such as DMMP. We have developed sensors employing MWCNTs decorated with gold nanoparticles and modified with a 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHDA) monolayer. Morphological and compositional analysis by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were performed to characterize the gold nanoparticles and to check the bonding of the thiol monolayer. The detection of aromatic and non-aromatic volatiles and DMMP vapors by MWCNT/Au and MWCNT/Au/MHDA shows that the presence of the self-assembled layer increases sensitivity and selectivity towards non-aromatics. Furthermore, it ameliorates response dynamics, and significantly reduces nitrogen dioxide and moisture cross-sensitivity. © The Author(s) 2016.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Odontología Nutrição Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Letras / linguística Interdisciplinar Geografía Geociências Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Educação Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: eduard.llobet@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-6164-4342
Record's date: 2024-11-16
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep35130
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 35130-
APA: Thamri, Atef; Baccar, Hamdi; Struzzi, Claudia; Bittencourt, Carla; Abdelghani, Adnane; Llobet, Eduard (2016). MHDA-functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes for detecting non-aromatic VOCs. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 35130-. DOI: 10.1038/srep35130
Article's DOI: 10.1038/srep35130
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2016
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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