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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 42, Issue 16, Pages 18289-18295Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.08.156
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ZnO; Cerium doping; Acetone; Ethanolamine; Diabetes; Carcinoma; Gas sensor
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Breath analysis has emerged as one of the accurate diagnostic techniques, which can be used to correlate disease conditions with the abnormal concentrations of certain biomarkers present in the exhaled breath. In this background, thin film based chemi-resistive Cerium-doped ZnO sensors were developed for detecting acetone and ethanolamine, which are the notable biomarkers of diabetes mellitus and carcinoma respectively. Ce-doped ZnO thin films were deposited on glass substrates using spray pyrolysis technique. X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed the formation of Ce-doped ZnO thin films with polycrystalline hexagonal wurtzite structure. Scanning electron micrographs and optical absorption spectra of Ce-doped ZnO thin films revealed the decrease in average grain size and increase in band gap respectively with an increase in Ce-dopant concentration. ZnO films with 0.004 and 0.008 M of Ce-dopant concentrations showed a better room temperature sensing response towards acetone and ethanolamine respectively. Highly selective nature of the developed sensing elements towards acetone and ethanolamine with swift response and recovery times can be considered as a non-invasive and cost effective method for the detection of diseases like diabetes mellitus and carcinoma. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
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