Article Title

Fiber gas sensor-integrated smart face mask for room-temperature distinguishing of target gases

Authors

Zhiyi Gao, Coherent Light and Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
Zheng Lou, State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
Shuai Chen, State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
La Li, State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
Kai Jiang, Institute & Hospital of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Key Laboratory of Digital Hepatobiliary Surgery of Chinese PLA, Chinese PLA Medical School, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
Zuoling Fu, Coherent Light and Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
Wei Han, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education)-International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
Guozhen Shen, State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China College of Materials Science and Opto-electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

Keywords

wearable electronics, gas sensors, flexible, fiber devices

Abstract

ABSTRACT Wearable gas sensors that are lightweight, portable, and inexpensive have great potential application in the real-time detection of human health and environmental monitoring. In this work, we fabricated flexible fiber gas sensors with single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT), multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT), and ZnO quantum dot-decorated SWCNT (SWCNTs@ZnO) sensing elements. These flexible fiber gas sensors could be operated at room temperature to detect target gases with good sensitivity and recovery time. They also exhibited superior long-term stability, as well as good device mechanical bending ability and robustness. Integrating these flexible gas sensors into face masks, the fabricated wearable smart face masks could be used to selectively detect C2H5OH, HCHO, and NH3 by reading the corresponding LEDs with different colors. Such face masks have great potential application in the Internet of Things and wearable electronics.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1661-9

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press

Recommended Citation

Zhiyi Gao,Zheng Lou,Shuai Chen,La Li,Kai Jiang,Zuoling Fu,Wei Han,Guozhen Shen, Fiber gas sensor-integrated smart face mask for room-temperature distinguishing of target gases. NanoRes.2018, 11(1): 511–519