Development of gas sensors based on substrate-integrated hollow waveguides and infrared spectroscopy for environmental targets monitoring

• Grant number: 14/23974-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: January 13, 2015
• End date: June 15, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Arnaldo Alves Cardoso
• Grantee: João Flávio da Silveira Petruci
• Supervisor: Boris Mizaikoff
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Ulm University, Germany
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/22995-4 - Luminescent sensor for in situ determination of reduced sulfur compounds in gaseous matrices using palladium compounds, BP.PD

Abstract

The aim of this project is pursue studies using of a new generation of compact gas cells, i.e., so-called substrate-integrated hollow waveguides (iHWGs) that are uniquely available at the Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Ulm, Germany combined with a compact Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer for advanced gas sensing of H2S and O3. The detection is based on (i) the immediate UV-assisted conversion of the rather weak IR-absorber H2S into much more pronounced and distinctively responding SO2 and (ii) direct measurements of peak area located at 1055 cm-1 associated with O3 asymmetric stretching vibration. We anticipate herein further studies concerning the improvement of the sensitivity using pre concentration techniques and miniaturization of the already compact dimensions using tunable quantum cascade laser (QCL) technology. In addition, it will be tested whether both gases may be simultaneously detected. Finally, the sensor platform will be validated against real-world samples. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DA SILVEIRA PETRUCI, JOAO FLAVIO; CARDOSO, ARNALDO ALVES; WILK, ANDREAS; KOKORIC, VJEKOSLAV; MIZAIKOFF, BORIS. iCONVERT: An Integrated Device for the UV-Assisted Determination of H2S via Mid-Infrared Gas Sensors. Analytical Chemistry, v. 87, n. 19, p. 9580-9583, OCT 6 2015. (14/23974-3)

DA SILVEIRA PETRUCI, JOAO FLAVIO; WILK, ANDREAS; CARDOSO, ARNALDO ALVES; MIZAIKOFF, BORIS. A Hyphenated Preconcentrator-Infrared-Hollow-Waveguide Sensor System for N2O Sensing. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 8, APR 12 2018. (14/23974-3)

PETRUCI, JOAO FLAVIO DA SILVEIRA; WILK, ANDREAS; CARDOSO, ARNALDO ALVES; MIZAIKOFF, BORIS. Online Analysis of H2S and SO2 via Advanced Mid-Infrared Gas Sensors. Analytical Chemistry, v. 87, n. 19, p. 9605-9611, OCT 6 2015. (14/23974-3)