Ran Sui,Erpan Zhang,Xiaoshui Tang,Wenjun Yan,Yun Liu,Houpan Zhou
Herein, we prepared two different MOS-based gas sensors with integrated micro-hotplates. The two sensors were employed to detect various fragrances (cedar, mandarin orange, rose A, and rose B), exhibiting similarly great sensing performances. The gas sensing properties of the MOS-based sensor depend on the sensor’s operating temperature. In addition to isothermal operation, various pulse heating modes were applied to investigate the gas sensing performances with respect to the four fragrances. Multivariate gas sensing features of the four fragrances were obtained under different operating modes, which were utilized for the recognition of fragrance odors successfully, based on the long short-term memory (LSTM) algorithm.
Zhiyuan Wu,Fengchun Tian,Yuzhu Nie,Yue Liu,Hantao Li
The performance of sensor arrays in electronic noses (E-noses) is influenced by their spatial distribution. Inspired by the mammalian olfactory recess, this paper presents a flexible sensor array with a bionic helical structure. By integrating Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) materials and thermal modulation, the array's sensor units exhibit differentiated odor selectivity. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations show that the bionic structure mimics the rectification effect of the olfactory recess, ensuring more uniform odor concentration distribution. For 14 odorants, the helical array outperformed the planar design across all key metrics (accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, AUC, and F1 score) with a peak classification accuracy of 85.8 ± 4.7 % versus 79.7 ± 6.5 %. This bio-inspired approach offers potential for enhancing electronic nose performance and achieving high-precision odor recognition.
Li Bang Lin,Luo Jun Jiang,Zou Hao Lin,Zhang Qing-Meng,Zhao Liu-Bin,Qian Hang,Luo Hong Qun,Leong David Tai,Li Nian Bing
The transfer of the concept of chirality from molecules to synthesized nanomaterials has attracted attention amongst multidisciplinary teams. Here we demonstrate heterogeneous nucleation and anisotropic accumulation of Au nanoparticles on multilayer MoS 2 planes to form chiroptically functional nanomaterials. Thiol amino acids with chiral conformations modulate asymmetric growth of gold nanoarchitectures on seeds of highly faceted Au/MoS 2 heterostructures. Consequently, dendritic plasmonic nanocrystals with partial chiral morphologies are synthesized. The chirality of dendritic nanocrystals inherited from cysteine molecules refers to the structural characteristics and includes specific recognition of enantiomeric molecules. With integration of the intrinsic photothermal properties and inherited enantioselective characteristics, dendritic Au/MoS 2 heterostructures exhibit chirality-dependent release of antimicrobial drugs from hydrogel substrates when activated by exogenous infrared irradiation. A three-in-one strategy involving synthesis of chiral dendritic heterostructures, enantioselective recognition, and controlled drug release system is presented, which improves nanomaterial synthetic technology and enhances our understanding of crucial chirality information.