Abstract
Organic materials for chemical sensing are broadly classified into three categories: (i) macrocyclic compounds, (ii) conducting polymers and (iii) cavitand molecules. A short review of current progress in semiconductor oxide sensing materials is given, pointing out their strengths and limitations. Principal wet techniques for depositing organic thin films are described and electrical, optical and structural properties of all three types of organic materials are analysed in relation to their importance in chemical sensing. Examples of recent advances in chemical sensing of different analytes and pollutants are presented.
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Abbreviations
- AFM:
-
atomic force microscopy
- BTEX:
-
m-xylene
- CB:
-
conduction band
- CC:
-
constant current
- CMOS:
-
complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
- CTO:
-
chromium(III) trioxalate
- CV:
-
chemical vapor
- CuPc:
-
copper phthalocyanine
- CuTTBPc:
-
tetra-tert-butyl phthalocyanine
- DC:
-
direct current
- DMF:
-
dimethylformamide
- DMSO:
-
dimethylsulfoxide
- FET:
-
field effect transistor
- FTIR:
-
Fourier transform infrared
- HPc:
-
phthalocyanine
- IC:
-
integrated circuit
- IDE:
-
interdigitated electrodes
- IR:
-
infrared
- ITO:
-
indium-tin-oxide
- LB:
-
Langmuir–Blodgett
- LEL:
-
lower explosive limit
- MPc:
-
metallophthalocyanine
- NMP:
-
N-methylpyrrolidone
- NSA:
-
naphthalene-1,5-disulfonic acid
- PAni:
-
polyaniline
- PCA:
-
principal component analysis
- PDMA:
-
poly(methylmethacrylate)/poly(decyl methacrylate)
- PM:
-
particulate matter
- PMMA:
-
poly(methyl-methacrylate)
- POT:
-
poly(n-octyl)thiophene
- PPS:
-
polyphenylsulfide
- PPY:
-
polypyrrole
- PSt:
-
polystyrene
- Pc:
-
phthalocyanine
- RAIRS:
-
reflection adsorption infrared spectroscopy
- RF:
-
radio frequency
- RH:
-
relative humidity
- RIU:
-
refractive index units
- SA:
-
self-assembly
- SAM:
-
self-assembled monolayers
- SPR:
-
surface plasmon resonance
- TCNQ:
-
tetracyanoquinodimethane
- TM:
-
transverse magnetic
- UV:
-
ultraviolet
- VIS:
-
visible
- VOC:
-
volatile organic compounds
- XRD:
-
X-ray diffraction
- ppb:
-
parts per billion
- ppm:
-
parts per million
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Ray, A. (2006). Organic Materials for Chemical Sensing. In: Kasap, S., Capper, P. (eds) Springer Handbook of Electronic and Photonic Materials. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29185-7_54
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