SAW Gas Sensors with Light-Activated Sensor Structures
摘要
This chapter presents the latest possibilities of SAWSurface Acoustic Waves (SAW) applications in gas sensors through prototype light-activated sensor structures. The nature and genesis of such structures are included, along with a qualitative model of acoustoelectricAcoustoelectric (AE) interactions, test methodology with a novel switched-channel oscillator system, and test results for thin regioregular poly-3-hexylothiophene (rrP3HTRegioregular Poly-3-Hexylothiophene (rrP3HT)) photoconductive polymer layers in dimethylomethylophosphor (DMMPDimethylomethylophosphor (DMMP)) detection (safe simulant of warfare chemical agents such as sarin). Light activationLight Activation (LA) methods such as white light, low-power LEDLight Emitting Diode (LED) lasers, and LEDsLight Emitting Diode (LED) are presented, along with ways of modulating the activation parameters by changing the intensity and wavelength of the light.