Abstract
Our group has studied an odor sensing system using an array of Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) gas sensors and neural-network pattern recognition. In this odor sensing system, it is important to know the properties of sensing films coated on Quartz Crystal Microbalance electrodes. These sensing films have not been experimentally characterized well enough to predict the sensor response. We have investigated the predictions of sensor responses using a computational chemistry method, Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations. We have successfully predicted the amount of sorption using this method. The GCMC method requires no empirical parameters, unlike many other prediction methods used for QCM based sensor response modeling. In this chapter, the Grand Canonical Monte Carlo method is reviewed to predict the response of QCM gas sensor, and the modeling results are compared with experiments.
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The author wishes to thank his former student, Dr. K. Nakamura (Anritsu Corp) for his previous work on the odor sensing system.
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Nakamoto, T. (2009). Prediction of Quartz Crystal Microbalance Gas Sensor Responses Using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Method. In: Ryan, M., Shevade, A., Taylor, C., Homer, M., Blanco, M., Stetter, J. (eds) Computational Methods for Sensor Material Selection. Integrated Analytical Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73715-7_4
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