Fabrication and verification of a single aligned nanofibre gas sensor based on non‐contact direct writing method

Abstract

AbstractIn this letter, the non‐contact direct writing method for producing single aligned fibre utilizing polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) polymer has been explored. It has been shown that with the help of this method, nanofibres can be created in a controlled manner with designed structures. This form of nanofibres is being studied with the goal of using it in carbon monoxide (CO) gas sensors. The temperature required for the annealing operation was 500°C, and finally the authors obtained nanofibres with diameter of 200 nm. In addition, a simulation technique built on the Monte Carlo method has also been introduced. It is shown that this simulation method is compatible with the experimental results with reasonable accuracy. The results showed that the authors have a correlation of about 0.934 between experimental results obtained in 30 ppb of CO gas and its simulation data.