Journal
SENSORS
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 8643-8653Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s110908643
Keywords
localized surface plasmon resonance; volatile organic vapor; triangular nanoprism; sensitivity
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [60736037]
- Natural Science Foundation of Beijing [4102016]
- Scientific Research Foundation of CUIT [KYTZ201102]
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A sensitive volatile organic vapor sensor based on the LSPR properties of silver triangular nanoprisms is proposed in this paper. The triangular nanoprisms were fabricated by a nanosphere lithography (NSL) method. They have sharp vertices and edges, and are arranged in an ideal hexangular array. These characteristics ensure that they exhibit an excellent LSPR spectrum and a high sensitivity to the exterior environment changes. The LSPR spectra responding to ethanol vapor and four other volatile organic vapors-acetone, benzene, hexane and propanol-were measured with a UV-vis spectrometer in real time. Compared with the other four vapors, ethanol exhibits the highest sensitivity (similar to 0.1 nm/mg L-1) and the lowest detection limit (similar to 10 mg/L) in the spectral tests. The ethanol vapor test process is also fast (similar to 4 s) and reversible. These insights demonstrate that the triangular nanoprism based nano-sensor can be used in ethanol vapor detection applications.
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