期刊
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
卷 17, 期 8, 页码 2329-2337出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2675958
关键词
Cascade impactor; inertial impaction; air quality; size separation; aerosol; airborne; real-time; MEMS; resonator; thermal-piezoresistive; mass balance; particle count
资金
- National Science Foundation SBIR [1214737]
- Directorate For Engineering [1214737] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh [1214737] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This paper reports on integration of microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS) balance chips with aerosol inertial impactors for real-time monitoring of airborne particulate matter. Cascade inertial impactors have been extensively used for sampling and size separation of micro to nano-size airborne particles since they were first used in 1945. To introduce the real-time measurement capability to such tools, herein, MEMS resonator chips are employed as their impaction substrates. Dual-plate thermal-piezoresistive resonators (TPRs), that are shown to operate as promising mass balances, are integrated within a two-stage custom made aerosol impactor capable of size segregating particles down to a few tens of nanometers. Unlike cantilever-based microbalances or resonators operating in their bulk mode, TPRs provide uniform mass sensitivity over a big portion of their surface area. Upon deposition of airborne particles on the resonant sensors, the mass loading on each sensor and as a result the mass concentrations of size-segregated particles is measured in real-time. The air quality of different environments, including a class 10,000 cleanroom, was analyzed and monitored via the real-time impactor over a four day period. Comparison of the results with those of an optical particle counter demonstrates a clear correlation between the system response and the expected particle counts. Compared to existing optical particle counters, the proposed system offers the added advantage of detecting sub-100nm particles.
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