Capacitive detection of micrometric airborne particulate matter for solid-state personal air quality monitors

被引：47

作者：

Carminati, M. ^{[1
]}

Pedala, L. ^{[1
]}

Bianchi, E. ^{[2
]}

Nason, F. ^{[2
]}

Dubini, G. ^{[2
]}

Cortelezzi, L. ^{[3
]}

Ferrari, G. ^{[1
]}

Sampietro, M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Elettron Informaz & Bioingn, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[2] Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Chim Mat & Ingn Chim Giulio Natta, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[3] McGill Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T5, Canada

来源：

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL | 2014年 / 219卷

关键词：

Air pollution; Portable dust monitoring; Capacitive sensing; Microelectrodes; POLLUTION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.sna.2014.09.003

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

A novel microsensor for capacitive detection of particulate matter (PM) directly in air is presented. The feasibility of detecting single PM10 particles (calibrated 10 mu m polystyrene beads) by means of ad-hoc designed coplanar microelectrodes (4 mu m gap), a PDMS air deposition system, and a low-noise (similar to 2 aF capacitive resolution) readout electronics is experimentally demonstrated. Finite element numerical simulations have been performed to optimize the design of the microelectrodes, investigate the detection limit and validate the experimental results. The real-time deposition on the sensor surface of sequences of single industrial talc particles (average diameter of similar to 8 mu m, corresponding to a signal of similar to 12 aF) has been successfully tracked with 10 ms temporal resolution and, subsequently, validated by microscope inspection. This CMOS- and MEMS-compatible capacitance detection technique enables radical miniaturization of next generation air quality monitors, paving the ways to their embedment in personal portable devices for pervasive mapping of air pollution. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：80 / 87

页数：8

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