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A conductometric enzymatic methanol sensor based on polystyrene - PAMAM dendritic polymer electrospun nanofibers
Pouyan Razmshoar1, Fatma Besbes2, Anis Madaci3
1Textile Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran; University of Lyon, Institute of Analytical Sciences, UMR 5280, CNRS, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France.
Abstract:
Methanol (MeOH) is a solvent and cleaning agent used in industry, but it is poisonous when ingested. The recommended release threshold for MeOH vapor is 200 ppm. We present a novel sensitive micro-conductometric MeOH biosensor created by grafting alcohol oxidase (AOX) onto electrospun polystyrene-poly(amidoamine) dendritic polymer blend nanofibers (PS-PAMAM-ESNFs) on interdigitated electrodes (IDEs). The analytical performance of the MeOH microsensor was evaluated using gaseous MeOH, ethanol, and acetone samples collected from the headspace above aqueous solution with known concentration. The sensor's response time (tRes) fluctuates from 13 s to 35 s from lower to higher concentrations. The conductometric sensor has a sensitivity of 150.53 μS.cm-1 (v/v) for MeOH and a detection limit of 100 ppm in the gas phase. The MeOH sensor is 7.3 times less sensitive to ethanol and 136.8 times less sensitive to acetone. The sensor was verified for detecting MeOH in commercial rubbing alcohol samples.
