Open AccessPerspective—Conducting Polymer Hybrids as Diagnostic Chemosensors
Author(s) -
PelagiaIrene Gouma,
Aisha Haynes
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the electrochemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1945-7111
pISSN - 0013-4651
DOI - 10.1149/1945-7111/ac5baf
Subject(s) - polyaniline , conductive polymer , polymer , resistive touchscreen , nanotechnology , materials science , redox , cellulose acetate , chemistry , chemical engineering , cellulose , organic chemistry , computer science , polymerization , computer vision , engineering
Polyaniline is a conducting polymer in which both redox and protonating/ deprotonating conduction mechanisms are activated in the presence of gaseous compounds, making it a gas sensor. Resistive chemosensors based on PANI, in particular, have been well studied for their gas sensing properties and are considered important sensing materials for a wide range of applications as they operate at room temperature. There is, however, a novel class of polyaniline hybrids with cellulose acetate that may be suitable for detecting biomarkers emitted from the skin and in measuring the pH of breath condensate for diseases and thus, worth studying them further.