Abstract
The fabrication of gravimetric gas sensors based on Nano Electro Mechanical System (NEMS) requires the use of a chemical sensitive layer that is uniformly deposited by a solvent-free deposition technique. In this work, we show than an organosilicate layer deposited by Filament-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition using methyltriethoxysilane presents very high affinity toward hydrocarbon gas. High partition coefficients toward toluene and pentane were obtained on Quartz Crystal Microbalance sensors after being annealed at 400 °C. It is shown that the hydrophobic nature of this material composed of a SiOSi backbone with methyl groups bonded to silicon, combined with the presence of isolated ethoxy groups and microporosity, allow a very high sensibility in comparison to others SiOCH. Furthermore, the functionalization of NEMS-based gas sensors was demonstrated. This material, deposited using a CMOS compatible technique, constitutes a promising solution for the development of a complete and portable multi-gas analysis system.
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