Fabricating and printing chemiresistors based on monolayer-capped metal nanoparticles

Yana Milyutin, Manal Abud-Hawa, Viki Kloper-Weidenfeld, Elias Mansour, Yoav Y. Broza, Gidi Shani, Hossam Haick

Published: 2021-05-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-021-00528-y

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a – d , TEM characterization of gold nanoparticles with different organic ligands: dodecanethiol ( a ); 2-ethylhexanethiol ( b ); analysis of core size distribution of dodecanethiol ( c ); analysis of core size distribution of 2-ethylhexanethiol ( d ).

Extended Data Fig. 2 Topology characterization after printing 20±0.3 nl MCGNP solutions.

a , b , Optical microscopic images of 8-sensor chips made of dodecanethiol-capped ( a ) and 2-ethylhexanethiol-capped ( b ) gold nanoparticle films. The different morphologies appearing in a and b could be related to the application of different chemistries, which, in turn, lead to different surface tensions and evaporation process of the solvent. c , Magnification of the dodecanethiol-capped gold nanoparticle sensor around the coffee ring shape. d , XPS elemental surface analysis of dodecanethiol-caped gold nanoparticles on SiO 2 surface, as a representative example (Supplementary Fig. 16 ).

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a – c , Contact angle measurements by optical goniometery of: SU-8 without oxygen plasma ( a ); SU-8 with oxygen plasma ( b ); and SiO 2 surface ( c ). Higher contact angle indicates higher hydrophobicity of the surface, which, in turn, better allows to hold the drops inside the barrier.

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a – d , SEM images of SiO 2 barrier after lift-off process ( a , b ); and SU-8 2002 barrier made by photolithography process ( c , d ).

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Schematic description of the droplets behavior and effect of the microbarrier height on the evaporation of MCGNP solution droplet.

Extended Data Fig. 6 Relationship between the microbarrier height and printed MCGNP solution.

a , b , Values of VI ( a ) and amplitude ( b ) of response to decane as a function of deposited volume of ethylhexanethiol-capped gold nanoparticle solution. c , d , Values of VI ( c ) and amplitude ( d ) of response to decane as a function of deposited volume of dodecanethiol-capped gold nanoparticle solution. Note: the VI is a relative measure of the variance of the response, and the amplitude is a measure of its level. For optimized devices, one has to look for the lowest possible VI while keeping the amplitude of the sensing response as high as possible.

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