Journal
SENSORS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 1177-1191Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s110101177
Keywords
respiratory monitoring; quartz crystal microbalance; porphyrin based thin films; layer-by layer approach; sensor array
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
- Heiwa Nakajima Foundation
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A respiratory monitoring system based on a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor with a functional film was designed and investigated. Porphyrins 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-sulfophenyl)-21H, 23H-porphine (TSPP) and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-sulfophenyl)-21H, 23H-porphine manganese (III) chloride (MnTSPP) used as sensitive elements were assembled with a poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA). Films were deposited on the QCM resonators using layer-by-layer method in order to develop the sensor. The developed system, in which the sensor response reflects lung movements, was able to track human respiration providing respiratory rate (RR) and respiratory pattern (RP). The sensor system was tested on healthy volunteers to compare RPs and calculate RRs. The operation principle of the proposed system is based on the fast adsorption/desorption behavior of water originated from human breath into the sensor films deposited on the QCM electrode.
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