Paper Info
Title
Development of UV-ionization based trace differential mobility sensor for acetone and hexane.
Abstract
Clinical studies in recent times confirm feasibility of using trace concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in human exhale air as potential bio-markers for a variety of disease states. A Differential Mobility Sensor (DMS) with dual ultra-violet (UV) photo-ionization source is proposed and demonstrated for measurement of trace amounts of VOC gases in human exhale air. Experimental work performed with the DMS using high frequency asymmetrical waveform field for detection of trace concentrations of acetone and hexane with a few carrier gases including air, CO2 and O2 is discussed. The detection limit as estimated for Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) of 3 is of the order of sub ppm levels for acetone and hexane. Experimental studies clearly demonstrate selective sensing of a gas in a mixture of gases by applying appropriate compensation field. Preliminary study on sensing of acetone in human breath shows good a correlation with blood glucose measurements.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944371
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
volatile organic compounds,co2,acetone,high frequency asymmetrical waveform field,carbon compounds,diseases,gas mixture,noise,human exhale air,organic compounds,pneumodynamics,biomarkers,disease states,photoionisation,o2,gas mixtures,human breath analysis,hexane,uv-photoionization source based trace differential mobility sensor,air,oxygen,gas sensors,blood glucose measurements,patient diagnosis,signal-to-noise ratio,carbon dioxide
Acetone,Analytical chemistry,Ionization,Computer science,Hexane,Electronic engineering
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2014
1557-170X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M Suresh151.51
Nilesh J Vasa201.01
Vivek Agarwal314527.82
Jacob Chandapillai400.34