Black metals decorated with surface receptors as high-potentiality materials for gas sensing

Countries Involved

Aknowledgement

Authors acknowledge for support Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic project No. 8F21008 and project No. JP22420 from the International Visegrad Fund.

Project Description

This collaborative research aims to develop low-cost and highly sensitive sensors for NOX and organic nitrate detection at room temperature by incorporating Black Metals (BM) films decorated with receptors of organic substances and 2D materials that can selectively adsorb gases. Specifically, the Japan team will fabricate and characterize the BM films and develop a new fabrication process, the Czech team will process the BM films by laser, deposit the receptors (organic and 2D materials) on the BM films, and evaluate the sensor performance. The Slovakia team will evaluate the mechanical properties of the BM films and synthesize 2D materials. The Hungary team will evaluate the BM films by various structural and compositional analyses. The Poland team will synthesize organic molecules that are not commercially available and are suitable for receptors with high gas selectivity. By combining the five countries’ technologies in manufacturing, synthesis, evaluation and analysis, it becomes possible to realize a new high performance sensor that will be used for environmental monitoring and explosive marker detection. This will contribute toward maintaining a safe and secure society.

News and conferences
  • ATOMKI XRD measurement
    11th-15th December 2023
    Our student member Jaroslav Otta visited ATOMKI Debrecen-Hungary for XRD measurement and Slovak Academy of Sciences for XPS measurement.
  • IMEKO TC8 & TC11 & TC24 Conference 11th-13th October 2023
    Members of our group had one Keynote, three oral presentations and two posters on IMEKO TC8 & TC11 & TC24 Conference in Funchal, Madeira-Portugal.
  • Japan Meeting June 2023
    Our two members Přemysl Fitl, Michal Novotný visited KITAMI Institute of Technology
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Consortium leaders

Přemysl Fitl

Czech team (click here)

Midori Kawamura

Japanese team (click here)

Matej Mičušík

Slovak team (click here)