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A Novel Conductometric Micro-sensor for Methanol Detection Based on Chitosan/Zinc Sulfide-Nanoparticles Composite Obtained by Green Synthesis

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Methanol (MeOH) is largely used in industry but it is poisonous when ingested. A new microconductometric transducer is proposed for the detection of methanol vapor. The sensitive part of this methanol microsensor is prepared by the encapsulation of zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanoparticles (NPs) in chitosan. ZnS NPs were prepared through an aqueous colloidal route, Artemisia Herba Alba (AHA) plant extract being used as a capping agent. ZnS AHA NPs presents an average nanocrystal size of 3.93 nm with a cubic zinc blende structure. The ZnS AHA NPs were well dispersed in an electrodeposited chitosan film on interdigitated electrodes, for conductometric measurements. The ethanol, methanol and acetone gas-sensing responses of the films were measured at room temperature. The sensors’ response time (tRec) for methanol is from 11 to 25 s from lower to higher concentrations. The limit of detection for methanol is 1400 ppm in the gas phase. The methanol sensor presents 3.8 times lower sensitivity for ethanol and 30 times lower sensitivity for acetone. The shelf life of the methanol sensor is one month.

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Region Auvergne Rhone-Alpes is acknowledged for the Pack Ambition International Project, EMBAI #246413. The CNRS is acknowledged for the IRP NARES. Campus France is acknowledged for the financial support through PHC Maghreb EMBISALIM. S. OUNI thanks the University of Monastir for providing the scholarship.

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  1. Institute of Analytical Sciences, University of Lyon, 69100, Villeurbanne, France

    Sabri Ouni, Anis Madaci, Francois Bessueille, Abdelhamid Elaissari, Abdelhamid Errachid & Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault

  2. Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Interfaces (LIMA), Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

    Sabri Ouni & Mohamed Haouari

  3. Research Unit On Hetero-Epitaxies and Applications, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue of the Environment, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia

    Naim Bel Haj Mohamed

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Author Contributions: Conceptualization, Naim Bel Haj Mohamed; investigation, Sabri Ouni, Anis Madaci; methodology, Abdelhamid Elaissari; writing—original draft preparation, Mohamed Haouari; writing—review and editing, Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault; funding acquisition, Abdelhamid Errachid. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Ouni, S., Madaci, A., Haouari, M. et al. A Novel Conductometric Micro-sensor for Methanol Detection Based on Chitosan/Zinc Sulfide-Nanoparticles Composite Obtained by Green Synthesis. J Inorg Organomet Polym 33, 2574–2585 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-023-02696-8

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