Fabricating Acetic Acid Sensors Using PVP Nanofibrous Scaffold Doubly Decorated with Mesoporous Graphene

A nanofibrous layer of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was designed to house, both in the fiber core and onto its outer surface, nanoparticles of mesoporous graphene (MGC), which are able to selectively adsorb acetic acid vapors. When grown on interdigital fingers microelectrodes (IDEs), upon UV-light ir...

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Main Authors: Paolo Papa, Emiliano Zampetti, Corrado Di Natale, Fabrizio De Cesare, Giovanna Tranfo, Antonella Macagnano
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Fabrizio De Cesare
Giovanna Tranfo
Antonella Macagnano
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description A nanofibrous layer of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was designed to house, both in the fiber core and onto its outer surface, nanoparticles of mesoporous graphene (MGC), which are able to selectively adsorb acetic acid vapors. When grown on interdigital fingers microelectrodes (IDEs), upon UV-light irradiation taking place in air, the layer proved conductive and stable. Electrical and sensing features were significatively modulated by decorating the fiber surface with MGC (a sandwich-like structure) and polyethyleneimine (PEI). MGC, used both as a conductive filler and to decorate the fiber surface, strengthened the PVP scaffold and acted as a nucleation center for entrapping molecules of acetic acid. PEI improved the adhesion of MGC onto the surface. A preliminary study reported fast responses, high sensitivity with good linearity, selectivity, reversibility, and repeatability towards the acetic acid in ranges of up to hundreds of ppm at room temperature.
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spelling doaj-art-b69768889c9041a0b75a00a8cffafdaa2025-08-20T02:01:20ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002024-03-019714210.3390/proceedings2024097042Fabricating Acetic Acid Sensors Using PVP Nanofibrous Scaffold Doubly Decorated with Mesoporous GraphenePaolo Papa0Emiliano Zampetti1Corrado Di Natale2Fabrizio De Cesare3Giovanna Tranfo4Antonella Macagnano5Istituto sull’Inquinamento Atmosferico-CNR, Area della Ricerca Roma 1, 00016 Monterotondo, RM, ItalyIstituto sull’Inquinamento Atmosferico-CNR, Area della Ricerca Roma 1, 00016 Monterotondo, RM, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica-Università di Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, RM, ItalyDipartimento per l’Innovazione dei Sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali-Università della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, VT, ItalyDipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro e Ambientale-INAIL (Monteporzio Catone), 00078 Roma, RM, ItalyIstituto sull’Inquinamento Atmosferico-CNR, Area della Ricerca Roma 1, 00016 Monterotondo, RM, ItalyA nanofibrous layer of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was designed to house, both in the fiber core and onto its outer surface, nanoparticles of mesoporous graphene (MGC), which are able to selectively adsorb acetic acid vapors. When grown on interdigital fingers microelectrodes (IDEs), upon UV-light irradiation taking place in air, the layer proved conductive and stable. Electrical and sensing features were significatively modulated by decorating the fiber surface with MGC (a sandwich-like structure) and polyethyleneimine (PEI). MGC, used both as a conductive filler and to decorate the fiber surface, strengthened the PVP scaffold and acted as a nucleation center for entrapping molecules of acetic acid. PEI improved the adhesion of MGC onto the surface. A preliminary study reported fast responses, high sensitivity with good linearity, selectivity, reversibility, and repeatability towards the acetic acid in ranges of up to hundreds of ppm at room temperature.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/97/1/42acetic acid sensorPVPmesoporous grapheneelectrospinning
spellingShingle Paolo Papa
Emiliano Zampetti
Corrado Di Natale
Fabrizio De Cesare
Giovanna Tranfo
Antonella Macagnano
Fabricating Acetic Acid Sensors Using PVP Nanofibrous Scaffold Doubly Decorated with Mesoporous Graphene
Proceedings
acetic acid sensor
PVP
mesoporous graphene
electrospinning
title Fabricating Acetic Acid Sensors Using PVP Nanofibrous Scaffold Doubly Decorated with Mesoporous Graphene
title_full Fabricating Acetic Acid Sensors Using PVP Nanofibrous Scaffold Doubly Decorated with Mesoporous Graphene
title_fullStr Fabricating Acetic Acid Sensors Using PVP Nanofibrous Scaffold Doubly Decorated with Mesoporous Graphene
title_full_unstemmed Fabricating Acetic Acid Sensors Using PVP Nanofibrous Scaffold Doubly Decorated with Mesoporous Graphene
title_short Fabricating Acetic Acid Sensors Using PVP Nanofibrous Scaffold Doubly Decorated with Mesoporous Graphene
title_sort fabricating acetic acid sensors using pvp nanofibrous scaffold doubly decorated with mesoporous graphene
topic acetic acid sensor
PVP
mesoporous graphene
electrospinning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/97/1/42
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