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Selecting Fruits with Carbon Nanotube Sensors
Author(s) -
Ding Mengning,
Star Alexander
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201203387
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , nanosensor , ethylene , ripening , nanotechnology , materials science , carbon fibers , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , catalysis , food science , composite number
Sensor strategy bears fruit : A nature‐inspired Cu I complex was employed to fabricate single‐walled carbon nanotube sensors that can selectively detect ethylene gas at concentrations as low as 0.5 ppm. Such nanosensors may be used to monitor ethylene gas emitted from fruits to monitor their ripening.