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- Title
Thiol-Amine Functionalized Decorated Carbon Nanotubes for Biomarker Gases Detection.
- Authors
Thamri, Atef; Baccar, Hamdi; Casanova-Chafer, Juan; Mejri, Moataz Billeh; Llobet, Eduard; Abdelghani, Adnane; Debliquy, Marc
- Abstract
Thousands of gas molecules are expelled in exhaled breath, and some of them can reveal diseases and metabolomic disorders. For that reason, the development of fast, inexpensive, and reliable sensing devices has been attracting growing interest. Here, we present the development of different chemoresistors based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorated with platinum (MWCNT/Pt) and palladium (MWCNT/Pt) nanoparticles and also functionalized with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of 11-amino-1-undecanethiol (Thiol-amine). The nanocomposites developed are a proof-of-concept to detect some biomarker molecules. Specifically, the capability to identify and measure different concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), either aromatic (toluene and benzene) and non-aromatic (ethanol and methanol) was assessed. As a result, this paper reports the significant differences in sensing performance achieved according to the metal nanoparticle used, and the high sensitivity obtained when SAMs are grown on the sensitive film, acting as a receptor for biomarker vapours.
- Subjects
VOLATILE organic compounds; CARBON nanotubes; MULTIWALLED carbon nanotubes; BIOMARKERS; GASES; PALLADIUM
- Publication
Chemosensors, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 5, p87
- ISSN
2227-9040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/chemosensors9050087