Towards Optically Induced Semiconductor Human Exhalation Gas Sensor
IFMBE Proceedings. Vol.57: 14th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON 2016) 2016
Jurijs Dehtjars, Margarita Seļutina, Maksims Šneiders, Uldis Zunda

It is known that there is a number of VOC (volatile organic compounds) in exhaled human breath that can be used as biomarkers [1,2]. To reach screening of the patients the exhalation gas sensor should be light, cheap and sensitive. Semiconductor gas sensors can offer advantages in size, but they are characterized with a long response time, short lifespan, lack of selectivity [3-5]. A new approach of sensing using semiconductors is required and it is achieved by using optically induced semiconductor [10]. The sensor could be used to detect different gases that molecules have a dipole moment non-equal to zero. For instance, relative output signal of the sensor increases to +51% and time-constant relative value to +103% in the presence of saturated acetone vapor corresponding to air environment. By combining both gained and previous results, it is possible to resume that optically induced semiconductor is able to detect type-1 diabetes.


Keywords
Gas adsorption | Gas sensing | Surface phenomena
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-32703-7_93
Hyperlink
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-32703-7_93

Dehtjars, J., Seļutina, M., Šneiders, M., Zunda, U. Towards Optically Induced Semiconductor Human Exhalation Gas Sensor. In: IFMBE Proceedings. Vol.57: 14th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON 2016), Cyprus, Paphos, 31 Mar-2 Apr., 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp.476-479. ISBN 978-3-319-32701-3. e-ISBN 978-3-319-32703-7. ISSN 1680-0737. e-ISSN 1433-9277. Available from: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32703-7_93

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