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High-sensitive chemical sensor system employing a higher-mode operative micro cantilever sensor and an adsorption tube

  • Takashi Mihara
  • , Tsuyoshi Ikehara
  • , Jian Lu
  • , Ryutaro Maeda
  • , Tadashi Fukawa
  • , Mutsumi Kimura
  • , Ye Liu
  • , Toshihiro Hirai
  • Olympus Corporation
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • Shinshu University

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Abstract

We report the basic functions and the sensitivity improvement of a chemical sensor system employing a polybutadiene (PBD) coated micro cantilever sensor and a carbon-fiber-filled adsorption tube. The improvements of the sensitivity were carried out by two methods as 1) reduction of the volume in sensor camber by 1/30, 2) enlargement of the resonance frequency of the cantilever by 4.6 using a high speed analog-oscillation circuits and a low noise package. Using the 4th vibration mode (resonant frequency 715kHz) of a PBD coated cantilever (length 500μm, width 100μm , thickness 5μm ) and a small sensor chamber with a volume of 3.5cc, the sensitivity was enhanced to be 2.4Hz/ppm for toluene in nitrogen carrier gas with 10 minute adsorption time, which was about 100 times larger than our previous sensor system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOlfaction and Electronic Nose - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN
Pages79-82
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN - Brescia, Italy
Duration: 15 Apr 200917 Apr 2009

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1137
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference13th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBrescia
Period15/04/0917/04/09

Keywords

  • Adsorption tube
  • Chemical sensor
  • Micro cantilever
  • Poly-butadiene

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