<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>the paper presents fabrication and characterization of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance based gas sensor with a diamond powder sensitive layer deposited using the ink-jet printing technique. The sensor was exposed to a low concentration of ammonia, acetone vapors and different levels of humidity. Impedance characteristics close to the natural resonant frequency of 10 MHz were examined. The sensor exhibits significant shifts in serial resonant frequency under different gas environments.</p></abstract>

the paper presents fabrication and characterization of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance based gas sensor with a diamond powder sensitive layer deposited using the ink-jet printing technique. The sensor was exposed to a low concentration of ammonia, acetone vapors and different levels of humidity. Impedance characteristics close to the natural resonant frequency of 10 MHz were examined. The sensor exhibits significant shifts in serial resonant frequency under different gas environments.

Quartz Crystal Micro–Balance Gas Sensor with Ink–Jet Printed Nano–Diamond Sensitive Layer

Department of Microelectronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 2, 166 27 Prague, Czech Republic

Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00 Prague, Czech Republic

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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the paper presents fabrication and characterization of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance based gas sensor with a diamond powder sensitive layer deposited using the...

Quartz Crystal Micro–Balance Gas Sensor with Ink–Jet Printed Nano–Diamond Sensitive Layer

Published Online: Mar 17, 2016

Page range: 61 - 64

Received: Dec 08, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2016-0009

Keywords
gas sensor, QCM, nanodiamond, ink-jet printing

© 2016 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Quartz Crystal Micro–Balance Gas Sensor with Ink–Jet Printed Nano–Diamond Sensitive Layer

Published Online: Mar 17, 2016

Page range: 61 - 64

Received: Dec 08, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2016-0009

Keywordsgas sensor, QCM, nanodiamond, ink-jet printing

© 2016 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
gas sensor, QCM, nanodiamond, ink-jet printing