Study of a QCM Dimethyl Methylphosphonate Sensor Based on a ZnO-Modified Nanowire-Structured Manganese Dioxide Film 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2010, 10, 8275-8290; doi:10.3390/s100908275 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Study of a QCM Dimethyl Methylphosphonate Sensor Based on a ZnO-Modified Nanowire-Structured Manganese Dioxide Film Zhifu Pei 1, Xingfa Ma 2,3, Pengfei Ding 1, Wuming Zhang 1,*, Zhiyuan Luo 4 and Guang Li 1 1 National Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Department of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; E-Mails: florapzf@(Z.P); dpfzjuv@126.com(P.D.); guangli@ (G.L.) 2 State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; E-Mail: xingfamazju@ (X.M.) 3 School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Center of Advanced Functional Materials, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China 4 Computer Learning Research Centre, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK; E-Mail: Zhiyuan.Luo@cs.rhul.ac.uk (Z.L.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: zhangwm@; Tel.: +86-571-8795-2268 ext. 2230; Fax: +86-571-8795-2279. Received: 10 August 2010; in revised form: 20 August 2010 / Accepted: 31 August 2010 / Published: 2 September 2010 Abstract: Sensitive, selective and fast detection of chemical warfare agents is necessary for anti-terrorism purposes. In our search for functional materials sensitive to dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP), a simulant of sarin and other toxic organophosphorus compounds, we found that zinc oxide (ZnO) modification potentially enhances the absorption of DMMP on a manganese dioxide (MnO2) surface. The adsorption behavior of DMMP was evaluated through the detection of tiny organophosphonate compounds with quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors coated with ZnO-modified MnO2 nanofibers and pure MnO2 nanofibers. Experimental results indicated that the QCM sensor coated with ZnO-modified nanostructured MnO2 film exhibited much highe