The monitoring of benzene and other carcinogenic aromatic volatile compounds at the ppb level requires boosting both the selectivity and sensitivity of the corresponding sensors. A workable solution is the introduction in the devices of preconcentrator units containing molecular receptors. In particular, quinoxaline cavitands (QxCav) resulted in very efficient preconcentrator materials for the BTEX in air to the point that they have been successfully implemented in a com- mercial sensor. In this work, we report a highly efficient quinoxaline-based preconcentrator mate- rial, in which the intrinsic adsorption capacity of the QxCav has been maximized. The new material consists of silica particles covalently coated with a suitable functionalized QxCav derivative (QxCav@SiO2). In this way, all the cavities are exposed to the analyte flux, boosting the performance of the resulting preconcentration cartridge well above that of the pure QxCav. It is noteworthy that the preconcentrator adsorption capacity is independent of the relative humidity of the incoming air.

Cavitand Decorated Silica as a Selective Preconcentrator for BTEX Sensing in Air / Rozzi, Andrea; Pedrini, Alessandro; Pinalli, Roberta; Cozzani, Enrico; Elmi, Ivan; Zampolli, Stefano; Dalcanale, Enrico. - In: NANOMATERIALS. - ISSN 2079-4991. - 12:13(2022), p. 2204.2204. [10.3390/nano12132204]

Cavitand Decorated Silica as a Selective Preconcentrator for BTEX Sensing in Air

Rozzi, Andrea;Pedrini, Alessandro;Pinalli, Roberta;Dalcanale, Enrico
2022-01-01

Abstract

The monitoring of benzene and other carcinogenic aromatic volatile compounds at the ppb level requires boosting both the selectivity and sensitivity of the corresponding sensors. A workable solution is the introduction in the devices of preconcentrator units containing molecular receptors. In particular, quinoxaline cavitands (QxCav) resulted in very efficient preconcentrator materials for the BTEX in air to the point that they have been successfully implemented in a com- mercial sensor. In this work, we report a highly efficient quinoxaline-based preconcentrator mate- rial, in which the intrinsic adsorption capacity of the QxCav has been maximized. The new material consists of silica particles covalently coated with a suitable functionalized QxCav derivative (QxCav@SiO2). In this way, all the cavities are exposed to the analyte flux, boosting the performance of the resulting preconcentration cartridge well above that of the pure QxCav. It is noteworthy that the preconcentrator adsorption capacity is independent of the relative humidity of the incoming air.
2022
Cavitand Decorated Silica as a Selective Preconcentrator for BTEX Sensing in Air / Rozzi, Andrea; Pedrini, Alessandro; Pinalli, Roberta; Cozzani, Enrico; Elmi, Ivan; Zampolli, Stefano; Dalcanale, Enrico. - In: NANOMATERIALS. - ISSN 2079-4991. - 12:13(2022), p. 2204.2204. [10.3390/nano12132204]
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