Graphene oxide/chitosan nanocomposite coated quartz crystal microbalance sensor for detection of amine vapors

• Published in: Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical Vol. 243; pp. 721 - 730
• Main Authors: Zhang, Kaihuan, Hu, Ruifen, Fan, Guokang, Li, Guang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 01.05.2017; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Adsorption; Aliphatic amines; Amine vapor; Amines; Ammonia; Carbohydrates; Chitosan; Crystals; Detection; Finite element method; Fourier transforms; FTIR spectrometers; Gas sensor; Graphene; Graphene oxide/chitosan nanocomposite; Hydrogen bonding; Infrared analysis; Metals; Microbalances; Morphology; Nanocomposites; Nanofibers; Properties (attributes); Quartz; Quartz crystal microbalance; Quartz crystals; Sensitivity; Sensors; Solvation; Trimethylamine; Graphene oxide/chitosan nanocomposite; Gas sensor; Amine vapor; Quartz crystal microbalance

•Graphene oxide/chitosan (GO/CS) nanocomposite prepared with a facile approach was used as the sensing material for a QCM sensor.•The QCM sensor based on the GO/CS nanocomposite provided a highly selective method for sensitive amine vapor detection.•The combination of CS and GO improved the sensor p...