Enhanced detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by caffeine modified carbon nanotube junctions

Turner, Alton; McCoy, Tyler; Cao, Wei; Karoui, Abdennaceur; Maswadeh, Waleed M.; Vlahovic, Branislav; Elsayed-Ali, Hani E.; Daniel, Brenna; Castro, Mickael; Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar; Elahi, Mehran; Adedeji, Adetayo; Kumar, Bijandra

doi:10.1016/j.nanoso.2020.100578

Enhanced detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by caffeine modified carbon nanotube junctions

Journal Article · Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoso.2020.100578· OSTI ID:1878337

Turner, Alton ^[1]; McCoy, Tyler ^[2]; Cao, Wei ^[3]; ^[4]; Maswadeh, Waleed M. ^[5]; Vlahovic, Branislav ^[4]; Elsayed-Ali, Hani E. ^[3]; Daniel, Brenna ^[2]; ^[6]; Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar ^[7]; Elahi, Mehran ^[2]; Adedeji, Adetayo ^[2]; ^[2]

Elizabeth City State Univ., NC (United States); Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City State Univ., NC (United States)
Old Dominion Univ., Newport News, VA (United States)
North Carolina Central Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
US Army, Edgewood, MD (United States)
Univ. de Bretagne Sud, Lorient (France)
Qatar Univ. (Qatar)

Detection of vapor phase analytes and gas molecules is primarily essential for numerous applications including medical diagnostic, environmental monitoring, chemical threat detection, food quality control, and chemical warfare agents. Here, we developed Caffeine functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) random network based vapor quantum resistive sensors (vQRSs) for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detection. The localized transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) confirm migration of caffeine to CNT–CNT junction (CNTj). We have recorded more than one order of magnitude higher sensitivity and unique selectivity towards selective VOCs (e.g., acetone, toluene, ethanol, methanol, etc.) with short response time (few seconds) for caffeine modified CNT junction (Caf-CNTj) vQRSs. Molecular dynamics (MD) calculations suggest that the sensitivity of the sensor is diffusion limited, with an advective contribution for ethanol. Furthermore, the designed Caf-CNTj sensors can potentially be important candidate to be a part of electronic nose used for various application such as breath analysis and food quality monitoring.

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Research Organization:: North Carolina Central Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Qatar National Research Fund; Department of Defense; Department of Homeland Security

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003979

OSTI ID:: 1878337

Journal Information:: Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, Journal Name: Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects Vol. 24; ISSN 2352-507X

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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