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Sensors and Actuators B 236 (2016) 506–511 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical journal homepage: /locate/snb Contact printing of a quantum dot and polymer cross-reactive array sensor Vincent P. Schnee a,?, Collin J. Bright b, Eric C. Nallon a, Michael P. Polcha c a RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, United States Army, Fort Belvoir, VA, 22060 United States b CACI International Inc., Arlington, VA 22201, United States c Fulcrum IT Services, Centerville, VA 20120, United States article info Article history: Received 18 March 2016 Received in revised form 16 May 2016 Accepted 4 June 2016 Available online 4 June 2016 Keywords: Quantum dot Cross-Reactive array Polymer composite Contact printing Polymer stamping PDMS abstract Contact printing of Quantum Dot (QD) and organic polymer (OP) composites is explored as an alternate method of fabricating a cross-reactive chemical sensor array. Sensing layers fabricated by inkjet printing and contact printing methods are compared, showing that contact printing methods demonstrate a more uniform distribution of the QDs and higher signal to noise ratios (SNRs) when exposed to chemical vapors. A cross-reactive array was then fabricated with CdSe QDs and ?ve OPs and exposed to the vapor of 15 common laboratory solvents. Principal component analysis (PCA) of the data showed high dimensionality of the sensor array response and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) produced correct classi?cation of the target analytes in 100% of test cases. Published by Elsevier B.V. 1. Introduction Quantum Dots (QDs) or semiconducting nanocrystals, with their well known, size dependent properties, offer new avenues to the development of electronic devices. One of the challenges in realizing the potential of QD-based devices is the incompatibility of QDs with traditional microfabrication techniques, such as thermal evaporation, and intolerance of QD layers to solvents limiting the usefulnes