P2NG.20 - Gas Sensitivity of the surface potential of Pyrene Coated ZnO Nanorods
- Event
- 17th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors - IMCS 2018
2018-07-15 - 2018-07-19
Vienna, Austria - Chapter
- P-2 - Nanomaterials for Gas Sensing
- Author(s)
- G. Magna, E. Martinelli, C. Di Natale - Department of Electronics Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma (Italy), S. Elangovan, S. Velappa Jayaraman - Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu (India), Y. Sivalingam - SRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu (India), R. Paolesse - Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma (Italy)
- Pages
- 882 - 883
- DOI
- 10.5162/IMCS2018/P2NG.20
- ISBN
- 978-3-9816876-9-9
- Price
- free
Abstract
Organically capped metal oxide nanostructures offer an interesting combination of chemical and physical sensitivities. In particular, the sensitivity to light and to gases have been shown to cooperate in order to strength each other. In this paper, we studied the properties of pyrene tetratopic ligands (PTL) and ZnO nanorods. After structural and morphological characterizations of the nanohybrid materials, mutual cooperation of selectivity to visible light and to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is investigated measuring the surface potential distribution with a scanning kelvin probe. Results show the photo assisted selective response to donor compounds such as triethylamine.