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http://dx.doi.org/10.5369/JSST.2013.22.3.207

Fabrication and Calibration of pH Sensor Using Suspended CNT Nanosheet  

Ryu, Hyobong (Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH)
Choi, WooSeok (Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH)
An, Taechang (Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Andong National University)
Heo, Joonseong (Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH)
Lim, Geunbae (Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH)
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Journal of Sensor Science and Technology / v.22, no.3, 2013 , pp. 207-211 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this research, the pH sensor was developed using CNT nanosheet with Nafion coating for the advanced medical sensor such as a blood gas analyzer. The CNT nanosheet was formed by dielectrophoresis and water-meniscus between cantilever-type electrodes. Then, the process of the heat annealing and the Nafion coating was conducted for reducing contact resistance and giving proton selectivity respectively. We measured the response of the pH sensor as the electrolyte-gated CNT-nanosheet field effect transistor. The sensor showed a linear current ratio in a similar range of the normal blood pH. A calibration method for decreasing of the response variation among sensors has also been introduced. Coefficient of variance of the pH sensor was decreased by applying the calibration method. A linear relation between the calibrated response of the sensors and pH variance was also obtained. Finally, the pH sensor with a high resolution was fabricated and we verify the feasibility of the sensor by applying the calibration method.
Keywords
pH sensor; Carbon nanotube; Nafion; Calibration;
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