A Wearable and Wireless Sensor System for Real-Time Monitoring of Toxic Environmental Volatile Organic Compounds

Francis Tsow, Erica Forzani, Anant Rai, Rui Wang, N. J. Tao, Ray Tsui, Sal Mastroianni, Christopher Knobbe, Jay Gandolfi

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Abstract

—An integrated volatile organic toxicants sensor with a Bluetooth device interface has been developed. The device is based on novel tuning fork sensor platform along with a wireless communication/interface technology taken in an integrated system approach. It features high sensitivity and selectivity. The sensitivity and selectivity are accomplished through the use of novel tuning fork sensor modified by design (molecularly imprinted) polymers and selective filtering. Experiments have shown that the device can detect toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) under high concentrations of common interferents from flavors and fragrances. Applications of the device for detection of BTEX in real-world situations such as outdoor and gas stationVOCs have also been demonstrated. All these features make the device a promising candidate to be deployed in real-world applications, particularly in environmental health and air pollution studies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1734-1740
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Sensors Journal
Volume9
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2009

Keywords

  • Environmental
  • VOCs
  • epidemiological
  • population
  • realtime
  • selective
  • sensitive
  • sensor
  • wearable
  • wireless

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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