• 대한화학회지
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2020

산성 영역에서 작동하는 고감도 형광 pH 센서막을 제조하기 위하여 실란화된 유리 표면 상에 push-pull 공액 염료(DCMP)를 공유결합에 의해 고정화하였다. DCMP 유도체(DCMA), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)및 triethylene glycol dimethacrylate의 혼합물을 광개시 공중합하여 pH 감응성 형광센서막을 제조하였다. 분광학적 측정 결과, pH 2.0-5.0 사이에서 pH가 증가함에 따라 센서막의 흡광도가 증가하였으며, 같은 pH 범위에서 pH 증가에 따라 센서막의 형광 세기도 약 50배 정도 증가하였다. 산성 조건에서 pH 변화에 대한 센서막의 감응은 가역적이고 재현성이 우수하였다. 또한 센서막은 20-50초 사이의 비교적 짧은 감응 시간과 여러 금속이온 존재에서 수소 이온에 대해 높은 선택성을 나타내었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.414-419
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• 2017

The optical characteristics of cresol red, phenol red, and neutral red immobilized in the thin film were investigated with absorbance measurement in order to find a sensing part of a fiber-optic pH sensor. Sol-Gel method with tetramethyl orthosilicate as a precursor was used to immobilize the pH indicators in the thin film. The absorbance spectra were measured when pH indicators were immobilized in the film and were dissolved in the buffer solution. Experimental results showed that the absorbance spectra could be changed when the pH indicator is immobilized in the thin film. As compared with other pH indicators, the neutral red exhibited similar absorbance spectra regardless of physical conditions and was sensitive over whole pH range between 4 and 11. In addition, the absorbance ratio of base peak to acid peak tended to increase in proportion to the increase in pH. Experimental results indicate that the neutral red is a good pH indicator for fabrication of a sensing part of the fiber-optic pH sensor.

• 센서학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.223-228
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• 2012

In this study, a fiber-optic pH sensor based on a pH sol-gel film is fabricated. The sol-gel film is made by co-polymerizing tetramethoxysilane, trimethoxymethylsilane, ethanol and distilled water. As a pH indicator, a neutral red is immobilized in a thin porous film formed by the sol-gel process. The pH change in a sensing probe gives rise to a change in the color of the pH sol-gel film, and the absorbance of reflected light through the pH sol-gel film is also changed. By using a spectrometer, therefore, the spectra of reflected lights in the sensing probe with different pH values are measured. Also, the relationships between the pH values and the absorbance are analyzed on the basis of the color variations of the pH sol-gel films. In repeated experiments, the fiber-optic pH sensor shows that it has reversibility, a high reproducibility and a wide absorbance change in a pH range from pH 5 to 9. Also, we confirmed that the fabricated pH sol-gel film exhibits a fast response time, little or no pH indicator leaching and a dynamic range of 2.04 dB from pH 5 to 9. Based on the results of this study, a fiber-optic pH sensor can be developed for the pH monitoring in the harsh environments.

• 센서학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.85-89
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• 2022

We investigated a pH sensor using an Indium tin oxide (ITO) nanoparticle (NP) film printed on a flexible substrate. First, the printing precision and mechanical stability of the ITO-printed film were investigated. In particular, the factors that influence the crystallinity of ITO films were studied using X-ray diffraction pattern analysis. The response of the ITO pH sensor was calibrated using a series of standard pH solutions (pH 3-11). The pH values of various specimens were measured using an ITO pH sensor, and the results were compared with those of various pH measurement methods. As a result of the experiment, the maximum error was approximately ± 0.04 pH (0.4 %) at pH 9, which indicated that the ITO pH sensor is highly suitable for pH measurement. Finally, we used the ITO pH sensor to the measure of general specimens such as solvents and beverages and compared the results in comparison with those obtained from several conventional methods.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2012

ZnO thin films were deposited on p-type 4H-SiC substrate by pulsed laser deposition. ZnO nanowires were formed on p-type 4H-SiC substrate by furnace. Ti/Au electrodes were deposited on ZnO thin film/SiC and ZnO nanowire/SiC structures, respectively. Structural and crystallographical properties of the fabricated ZnO thin film/SiC and ZnO nanowire/SiC structures were investigated by field emission scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. In this work, resistance and sensitivity of ZnO thin film/SiC gas sensor and ZnO nanowire/SiC gas sensor were measured at $300^{\circ}C$ with various CO gas concentrations (0%, 90%, 70%, and 50%). Resistance of gas sensor decreases at CO gas atmosphere. Sensitivity of ZnO nanowire/SiC gas sensor is twice as big as sensitivity of ZnO thin film/SiC gas sensor.

• 센서학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.338-343
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• 2024

The measurement of pH is of significant importance in chemistry, life sciences, and environmental monitoring. Unlike conventional pH sensors that utilize glass electrodes, thin-film transistor (TFT)-based pH sensors offer distinct advantages, including enhanced response speed and additional circuit functions. In this study, we developed a pH sensor that incorporates biocompatible parylene-C as both the substrate and sensing layer, thereby enhancing flexibility, transparency, and biological compatibility. We conducted tests to measure the voltage-current characteristics of the pH solutions and assessed their performance in terms of drift and hysteresis. Using InGaZnO (IGZO) as the channel material, our pH sensor demonstrated an average sensitivity of approximately 82 mV/pH, albeit with certain drift limitations. The initial pH measurements exhibited good reversibility over time. IGZO- and parylene-C-based TFT pH sensors are well suited for various applications, including wearable health monitoring, owing to their flexibility and biocompatibility.

• 센서학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.266-271
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• 2011

A reflection-type fiber-optic pH sensor, which is composed of a pH sol-gel film, plastic optical fibers, a mirror, a light source and a spectrometer, is developed in this study. As pH indicators, a bromthymol blue, a cresol red and a thymol blue are used, and they are immobilized in the sol-gel films. The emitted light from a light source is guided by a fiber-optic Y-coupler and plastic optical fibers to the pH sol-gel film in a pH sensing probe. The pH change in the sensing probe gives rise to a change in the color of the pH sol-gel film, and the optical characteristic of reflected light through the pH sol-gel film is also changed. Therefore, we have measured the spectra of reflected lights, which are changed according to the color variations of the pH sol-gel films with different pH values, by using of a spectrometer. Also, the relationships between the pH values and the intensities of reflected lights are obtained on the basis of the color variations of the pH sol-gel films.

• 센서학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.169-174
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• 2004

A fiber optic pH sensor has been fabricated using nile blue entrapped in an ammonia catalyzed silica sol-gel film coated on glass substrate by dip-coating. The sensor was fixed on the end of an optical fiber. The sensor showed pH sensitivity when dipped into liquids at different pHs. Linear and reproducible responses were obtained in standard buffer solutions in the pH range $6.0{\sim}8.5$, which encompasses the clinically-relevant range. The effects of interferences on the determination of pH were also investigated. The sensors were successfully applied to the determination of pH in different commercial ionic drinks.

• 공업화학
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.539-544
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 넓은 면적의 나노필라 배열 필름을 기반으로 포토 및 소프트 리소그래피 기술과 화학적 희석 고분자 중합을 조절하여 3차원 다공성의 폴리아닐린 필름을 제조하였다. 3차원 폴리아닐린 필름은 계층 간 연결된 폴리아닐린 나노파이버들로 구성되어 있어, 넓은 표면적과 개방형의 다공성 구조를 가지는 3차원 계층형 나노웹 필름을 형성한다. 전기화학분석법을 기반으로 3차원 폴리아닐린 필름이 유연한 pH 센서 전극이 되는 것을 증명하였다. 3차원 폴리아닐린 필름은 이상적인 네른스트 거동과 근접한 60.3 mV/pH의 높은 민감도를 보였다. 또한, 3차원 폴리아닐린 전극은 10 min의 빠른 반응 속도, 우수한 반복성 그리고 높은 선택성을 나타내었다. 3차원 폴리아닐린 전극을 기계적으로 굽힌 상태에서 센서 특성을 측정하였을 때, 전극이 60.4 mV/pH의 높은 민감도를 보여줌으로써, 유연한 pH 센서 성능을 증명하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.272-272
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• 2014

SnO thin films, 100 nm in thickness, were deposited on glass substrates by RF magnetron sputtering. A stack structure of $SnO_2/SnO$, where few nanometers of $SnO_2$ were determined on the SnO thin film by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. In addition, XPS depth profile analysis of the pristine and heat treated thin films were introduced. The electrical behavior of the as-sputtered films during the annealing was recorded to investigate the working conditions for the SnO sensor. Subsequently, The NH3 sensing properties of the SnO sensor at operating temperature of $50-200^{\circ}C$ were examined, in which the p-type semiconducting sensing properties of the thin film were noted. The sensor shows good sensitivity and repeatability to $NH_3$ vapor. The sensor properties toward several gases like $H_2S$, $CH_4$ and $C_3H_8$ were also introduced. Finally, a sensing mechanism was proposed and discussed.