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Detection of Breath Alcohol Concentration Using a Gas Sensor Array

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Sensors and Microsystems

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 109))

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In this work a system based on an array of five quartz microbalances (QMBs) coated with different metalloporphyrins has been proposed for measuring the Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC). Four of these sensors were functionalized with widely selective coatings and one with a metalloporphyrins modified in order to enhanced the sensitivity to alcohols. The results obtained for the BrAC estimation show that the system performances, in terms of accuracy, are absolutely adequate for the legal scopes of breath alcohol measurement.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

    Gabriele Magna, Marco Santonico, Alexandro Catini, Rosamaria Capuano, Corrado Di Natale & Arnaldo D’Amico

  2. Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

    Roberto Paolesse & Luca Tortora

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Correspondence to Corrado Di Natale .

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  1. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Arnaldo D’Amico

  2. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Corrado Di Natale

  3. Technologies, Energy and the Environment, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New, Rome, Italy

    Lucia Mosiello

  4. Technologies, Energy and the Environment, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New, Rome, Italy

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Magna, G. et al. (2012). Detection of Breath Alcohol Concentration Using a Gas Sensor Array. In: D’Amico, A., Di Natale, C., Mosiello, L., Zappa, G. (eds) Sensors and Microsystems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 109. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0935-9_22

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