Title :
Nanofluidic carbon-dioxide sensor using nanoscale hydronium-dominated ion transport theory
Author :
Crumrine, A.M. ; Shah, D. ; Andersen, M.B. ; Bruus, H. ; Pennathur, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a nanofluidic-based carbon dioxide sensor through corroboration with our nanochannel hydronium-dominated ion transport model. We verify the predictive power of our model by comparing calculated and measured conductances of solutions with added HCl in both bulk and in nanochannel geometries. From thus model, we use our experimental system to determine the carbon-dioxide content in the ambient atmosphere.
Keywords :
gas sensors; nanofluidics; transport processes; ambient atmosphere; nanofluidic carbon-dioxide sensor; nanoscale hydronium-dominated ion transport theory; Atmospheric modeling; Chemicals; Ions; Predictive models; Reservoirs; Silicon compounds; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9632-7
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734582
