Fish gelatin-based films for gas sensing

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Abstract

Electronic noses (e-noses) mimic the complex biological olfactory system, usually including an array of gas sensors to act as the olfactory receptors and a trained computer with signal-processing and pattern recognition tools as the brain. In this work, a new stimuli-responsive material is shown, consisting of self-assembled droplets of liquid crystal and ionic liquid stabilised within a fish gelatin matrix. These materials change their opto/electrical properties upon contact with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). By using an in-house developed e-nose, these new gas-sensing films yield characteristic optical signals for VOCs from different chemical classes. A support vector machine classifier was implemented based on 12 features of the signals. The results show that the films are excellent identifying hydrocarbon VOCs (toluene, heptane and hexane) (95% accuracy) but lower performance was found to other VOCs, resulting in an overall 60.4% accuracy. Even though they are not reusable, these sustainable gas-sensing films are stable throughout time and reproducible, opening several opportunities for future optoelectronic devices and artificial olfaction systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBIODEVICES 2021 - 14th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices; Part of the 14th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2021
EditorsClaudine Gehin, Bruno Wacogne, Ana Fred, Hugo Gamboa
PublisherSciTePress - Science and Technology Publications
Pages32-39
Number of pages8
Volume1
ISBN (Electronic)9789897584909
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event14th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, BIODEVICES 2021 - Part of the 14th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 11 Feb 202113 Feb 2021

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, BIODEVICES 2021 - Part of the 14th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period11/02/2113/02/21

Keywords

  • Electronic nose
  • Fish gelatin
  • Gas-sensing
  • Ionic liquid
  • Liquid crystal
  • Volatile organic compounds

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