Abstract

Gold nanoparticles functionalized with methyl 3-mercaptopropionate (MMP) were synthesized and used as sensor materials to detect acetic acid in the sub-ppm range. The success of the MMP gold nanoparticles was confirmed by high resolution TEM and FTIR. The average diameter was characterized by TEM to be 3.1 nm. Transducer film was formed on a glass or a silicon substrate mounted with interdigitated gold electrodes. Highly porous morphology with sub-micron porosity was observed by SEM images of the nanoparticle film. The nanoparticle sensor was able to reproducibly detect around 50 ppb of acetic acid. Moreover linear relationship between response amplitude and analyte concentration was observed at least from 40 ppb to 2000 ppb

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