《Plasma-Assisted Cataluminescence Sensor Array for Gaseous Hydrocarbons Discriminatio》.ppt

Plasma-Assisted Cataluminescence Sensor Array for Gaseous Hydrocarbons Discrimination Gaseous Hydrocarbon Monitoring Gas Chromatography Electrochemical Methods Mid-infrared (mid-IR) Related Techniques Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering(SERS) Modified Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Using Expensive Instruments Time-consuming Procedures Complicated Pretreatments Having Low Sensitivities Plasma-Assisted Cataluminescence Sensor Array Sensor Arrays:Mimic olfactory systems of animals by utilizing cross-reactive patterns Optical Properties:Intensity,Wavelength, Lifetime, and Spectral shape Cataluminescence (CTL):Fast,Simple,Low-cost and Stable Plasma-assisted catalysis (PAC):High energetic electrons, Radicals, Ions, and Metastable species Reagents MgSO4, CaCl2,SrCl2·6H2O, BaCl2, Ba(OH)2·8H2O, Na2CO3, Na2SO4, NaOH and NH3·H2O (Beijing Chemical Co., Ltd) 99.99% He Gaseous Hydrocarbons:Methane, Ethane, Propane, n-butane, Ethylene, and Propylene (Beijing Haipu-Gas Co., Ltd.) All reagents were of analytical-reagent grade. Water was deionized and further purified using a Milli-Q water purification system (Millipore, Bedford, MA). Preparation Apparatus and Softwares PA-CTL Sensor Array Fabrication CTL Signals Comparison GC-MS Detection of Exhaust Gases Samples on Alkaline-Earth Nanomaterials Cross-Reactivity and the Discrimination Discrimination of Gaseous Hydrocarbons Discrimination of Exhaled Breath Cross-Reactivity of Other Parameters Feasibility of Multidimensional Detection Reproducibility and the Analytical Characteristics CONCLUSIONS A simple and low-cost plasma-assisted cataluminescence sensor array achieved fast discrimination of the gaseous hydrocarbons. Alkaline-earth compounds were selected as the sensing elements.Multidimensional detection,based on temperature, was also achieved to enhance the discrimination ability of the sensor array. Considering that the exhaled breath samples from donors with and without lung cancer were well-discriminated, the PA-CTL sensor ar