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.
Outcomes
During the project, many important findings were published in prestigious impact journals.
Workshop
The Blacksens V4-Japan Workshop on Chemical Gas Sensors and Nanostructured Materials was held in Prague, Czechia, from July 30-31, 2024. More information can be found on the project's website.
Awards
During the project members were awarded several prizes for the best lectures and conferences.
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
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VASSCAA-12, Taipei
At the 12th Vacuum and Surface Science Conference of Asia and Australia (VASSCAA-12) held in Taipei, Taiwan. Our team was represented by Martin Hruška and Jaroslav Otta, who received the first prize for oral presentation.
13th-17th October 2024 -
ICPAM-16, Antalya
Sensor Group member Přemysl Fitl won organizing committee award for best presentation.
7th-15st September 2024 -
Blacksens V4-Japan Workshop Prague 2024
The Blacksens V4-Japan Workshop on Chemical Gas Sensors and Nanostructured Materials will be held in Prague, Czechia, from July 30-31, 2024. More information and updates can be found on the project's website.
30th-31st July 2024
Consortium leaders
Přemysl Fitl
Midori Kawamura
Matej Mičušík
Gabriela Dyrda
