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Fabrication of a gas sensor using pentacene thin films as a detector
Author(s) -
Minakata Takashi
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/pat.1995.220060903
Subject(s) - pentacene , materials science , fabrication , detector , thin film , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , thin film transistor , computer science , telecommunications , medicine , alternative medicine , layer (electronics) , pathology
Abstract Highly sensitive gas sensors for both acidic and basic gases were fabricated based on conducting thin films of polyacene compounds. Gas sensors formed with pentacene thin films deposited on various kinds of substrates were found to exhibit high sensitivity in detecting subppm concentrations of NO 2 or Cl 2 by monitoring the conductivity of the thin film. Improvements in the conductance and duration period for detection were achieved by changing the shape of electrodes and substrate. The sensors with PEN thin films initially doped with iodine could detect ppm concentrations of ammonia gas, since iodine molecules were dedoped upon exposure to ammonia, causing the reduction of the conductivity.