scholarly journals Real-time single airborne nanoparticle detection with nanomechanical resonant filter-fiber

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvan Schmid ◽  
Maksymilian Kurek ◽  
Jens Q. Adolphsen ◽  
Anja Boisen
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Wasisto ◽  
S. Merzsch ◽  
E. Uhde ◽  
A. Waag ◽  
E. Peiner

Abstract. The performance of a low-cost partially integrated cantilever-based airborne nanoparticle (NP) detector (CANTOR-1) is evaluated in terms of its real-time measurement and robustness. The device is used for direct reading of exposure to airborne carbon engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in indoor workplaces. As the main components, a miniaturized electrostatic aerosol sampler and a piezoresistive resonant silicon cantilever mass sensor are employed to collect the ENPs from the air stream to the cantilever surfaces and to measure their mass concentration, respectively. Moreover, to realize a real-time measurement, a frequency tracking system based on a phase-locked loop (PLL) is built and integrated into the device. Long-term ENP exposure and a wet ultrasonic cleaning method are demonstrated to estimate the limitation and extend the operating lifetime of the developed device, respectively. By means of the device calibrations performed with a standard ENP monitoring instrument of a fast mobility particle sizer (FMPS, TSI 3091), a measurement precision of ENP mass concentrations of < 55% and a limit of detection (LOD) of < 25 μg m−3 are obtained.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1319 ◽  
pp. 012004
Author(s):  
M Bertke ◽  
J Xu ◽  
A Setiono ◽  
G Hamdana ◽  
H S Wasisto ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshinari Suzuki ◽  
Hikaru Sato ◽  
Shimpei Hikida ◽  
Kohei Nishiguchi ◽  
Naoki Furuta

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1471-1483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Beom Kwon ◽  
Seong-Jae Yoo ◽  
Ui-Seon Hong ◽  
Kyungtae Kim ◽  
Jangseop Han ◽  
...  

We present a low-cost and compact airborne nanoparticle sensor that can count individual nanoparticles in real-time.


Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maik Bertke ◽  
Jiushuai Xu ◽  
Michael Fahrbach ◽  
Andi Setiono ◽  
Hutomo Wasisto ◽  
...  

In this paper, a self-out-readable, miniaturized cantilever resonator for highly sensitive airborne nanoparticle (NP) detection is presented. The cantilever, which is operated in the fundamental in-plane resonance mode, is used as a microbalance with femtogram resolution. To maximize sensitivity and read-out signal amplitude of the piezo-resistive Wheatstone half bridge, the geometric parameters of the sensor design are optimized by finite element modelling (FEM). The electrical read-out of the cantilever movement is realized by piezo-resistive struts at the sides of the cantilever resonator that enable real-time tracking using a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit. Cantilevers with minimum resonator mass of 1.72 ng and resonance frequency of ~440 kHz were fabricated, providing a theoretical sensitivity of 7.8 fg/Hz. In addition, for electrostatic NP collection, the cantilever has a negative-biased electrode located at its free end. Moreover, the counter-electrode surrounding the cantilever and a µ-channel, guiding the particle-laden air flow towards the cantilever, are integrated with the sensor chip. µ-channels and varying sampling voltages will also be used to accomplish particle separation for size-selective NP detection. To sum up, the presented airborne NP sensor is expected to demonstrate significant improvements in the field of handheld, micro-/nanoelectromechanical systems (M/NEMS)-based NP monitoring devices.


Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (13) ◽  
pp. 879
Author(s):  
Maik Bertke ◽  
Jiushuai Xu ◽  
Michael Fahrbach ◽  
Andi Setiono ◽  
Gerry Hamdana ◽  
...  

In this paper, a self-out-readable, miniaturized cantilever resonator for highly sensitiveairborne nanoparticle (NP) detection is presented. The cantilever, which is operated in thefundamental in-plane resonance mode, is used as a microbalance with femtogram resolution. Toachieve a maximum measurement signal of the piezo resistive Wheatstone half-bridge, thegeometric parameters of the sensor design were optimized by finite element modelling (FEM).Struts at the sides of the cantilever resonator act as piezo resistors and enable an electrical read-outof the phase information of the cantilever movement whereby they do not contribute to theresonators rest mass. For the optimized design, a resonator mass of 0.93 ng, a resonance frequencyof ~440 kHz, and thus a theoretical sensitivity of 4.23 fg/Hz can be achieved. A μ-channel guiding aparticle-laden air flow towards the cantilever is integrated into the sensor chip. Electrically chargedNPs will be collected by an electrostatic field between the cantilever and a counter-electrode at theedges of the μ-channel. Such μ-channels will also be used to accomplish particle separation for sizeselectiveNP detection. Throughout, the presented airborne NP sensor is expected to demonstratesignificant improvements in the field of handheld, MEMS-based NP monitoring devices.


2011 ◽  
Vol 304 ◽  
pp. 012012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale Dewalle ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Sirven ◽  
Audrey Roynette ◽  
François Gensdarmes ◽  
Luana Golanski ◽  
...  

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Donald A. Landman

This paper describes some recent results of our quiescent prominence spectrometry program at the Mees Solar Observatory on Haleakala. The observations were made with the 25 cm coronagraph/coudé spectrograph system using a silicon vidicon detector. This detector consists of 500 contiguous channels covering approximately 6 or 80 Å, depending on the grating used. The instrument is interfaced to the Observatory’s PDP 11/45 computer system, and has the important advantages of wide spectral response, linearity and signal-averaging with real-time display. Its principal drawback is the relatively small target size. For the present work, the aperture was about 3″ × 5″. Absolute intensity calibrations were made by measuring quiet regions near sun center.


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