A low humidity sensor was made of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) coated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes/Nafion (MWCNTs/Nafion) composite material films. The microstructure of the MWCNTs/Nafion composite material films showed strong interaction between MWCNTs and Nafion. The MWCNTs/Nafion composite material films coated on the gold electrode of QCM showed excellent sensitivity (3.56-Delta HZ/Delta ppm(v) at 23.4 ppm(v)), linearity (R-2=0.9604) and short response time (23 s at 83.5 ppm(v)). The water vapor molecules adsorbed onto the MWCNTs/Nafion films showed higher frequency shift than Nafion and single-walled carbon nanotubes/Nafion (SWCNTs/Nafion) films. The adsorption dynamic analysis, molecular mechanics calculation (association constant), was used to elucidate the effect of adding SWCNTs and MWCNTs into Nafion on the increased sensitivity of low humidity sensing. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL Volume: 115 Issue: 1 Pages: 338-343
