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Photonic crystals in biology - NanoTR-VI

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Poster Session, Thursday, June 17Theme F686 - N1123Humidity Sens<strong>in</strong>g Properties of Organic PVC-Bt6 Complex Th<strong>in</strong> FilmsSalih Okur 1 , Mavişe Şeker 1 , Nesli T. Yağmurcukardeş 1 , Gülşah Kurt 2 , Bedrett<strong>in</strong> Mercimek 3 , Mahmut Kuş 41 Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Physics Urla/Izmir/TURKEY2 Aksaray University, Department of Chemistry, Aksaray/TURKEY3 Selçuk University, Department of Chemistry Education , Selçuklu/Konya/TURKEY4 Selçuk University, Department of Chemical Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, Selçuklu/Konya/TURKEYAbstract: Humidity adsorption and desorption k<strong>in</strong>etics of Benzoylthiourea derivative-PVC complexes (PVC-Bt6), modified us<strong>in</strong>g two-stepprocess, were measured for the first time by Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) technique. Reproducible experimental results, obta<strong>in</strong>ed atroom temperature, show that PVC-Bt6 complexes exhibit good sensitivity for humidity.Poly(v<strong>in</strong>yl chloride) (PVC) has received great attention asit is a cheap and readily available material. It is known that<strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g hydrophilic groups like thiol compounds <strong>in</strong>toPVC cha<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong>creases the <strong>in</strong>termolecular force and alsothis type of reaction can be performed <strong>in</strong> solution, melt orsuspension.[1-3] Benzoylthiourea derivates are sensitivedue to C=S groups.In this study we used PVC-Benzoylthiourea complex ashumidity sensor based on quartz crystal microbalancetechnique. PVC-Benzoylthiourea derivative (PVC-BT6)was synthesized by nucleophilic substitution reactions ofchlor<strong>in</strong>e atoms. In this structure, PVC exposed to chemicalmodification process<strong>in</strong>g several steps with am<strong>in</strong>e andbenzoyl isothiocyanate. In Fig.1, the schematic diagram ofPVC-BT6 molecule is shown. This compound givescomplexes <strong>in</strong> different colours with MCl2 [M=Co(II),Ni(II), Hg(II) and Pt(II)] <strong>in</strong> PH = 3–5.Dektak 150 profilometer of Veeco. Relative Humiditywere obta<strong>in</strong>ed commercial humidity-temperature sensor. Aclosed box partly filled with saturated salt solutionsgenerates relative humidity <strong>in</strong> the free room above the saltwith good accuracy. The value of the relative humiditydepends on the type of salt used as given <strong>in</strong> the reference[3].dF/Hz511%022%11%22%-5 43%53%43%-1053%75%-1584%84% 75%94%-2094%dF/Hz-2597% (a)-300 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000Time/secdF/Hz50-5-10-15-20-2553%75%84%94%97% (b)0 200 400 600 800 1000Time/secFigure2.(a) QCM frequency shifts for different <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g anddecreas<strong>in</strong>g RH values.(b) Comparison of QCM frequency shiftsfor different RH values.HNHNSCHH 2CNNHONSCH 2CHNOHFig.2 (a) shows the frequency response of PVC-Bt6 filmwhen the relative humidity <strong>in</strong>creased and decreased stepby step between 11% and 97% RH for an equal time<strong>in</strong>tervals and (b) shows the comparison of frequency shiftsbetween 11% and 97% RH.30Figure1. The Schematic Diagram of PVC-Bt6 molecule.QCM with the model of CHI400A Series from CHInstruments was used to measure the change <strong>in</strong> theresonant frequency due to mass load<strong>in</strong>g of water moleculesafter exposure of the crystal at different humidityenvironments e.g. at 11%, 22%, 43%, 55%, 75%, 84%,94%, 97% relative humidity (RH.Saurbey Equation is used to calculate the mass change(Δm) from the measured frequency change (Δf).22 f0mf (1)A where f 0 is resonant frequency of the QCM crystal, A isthe area of the gold disk coated onto the crystal, ρ is thedensity of the crystal and μ is the shear modulus of quartz.QCM consisted of AT-cut piezoelectric quartz crystal withresonant frequency of 8MHz, density (ρ) of 2.684g/cm3and shear modulus (μ) of 2.947x1011 g/cms2. PVC-Bt6complex was dispersed <strong>in</strong> tetrahidrofuran (THF) solventand coated on the quartz crystal by drop-cast<strong>in</strong>g method.The thickness of the film was measured as 450 nm with- F (Hz)2520151050upwarddownward20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Relative Humidity (%)Figure3. QCM frequency shifts for <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g and decreas<strong>in</strong>g RHvalues.Fig. 3 shows how the QCM frequency changes with<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g and decreas<strong>in</strong>g RH values. There is a clearl<strong>in</strong>ear dependence.Our QCM measurements results exhibit that PVC-Bt6complex based sensor is very sensitive to the humiditychanges even at room temperature.*Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author: salihokur@iyte.edu.tr[1] C. Mijangos, D. Lo´pez, Macromolecules 28, 1369 (1995).[2] Re<strong>in</strong>eeke H., Lo´pez D., Mijangos C. J. Appl. Polym. Sci.1999;74:1178.[3] S. Okur, M. Kus, F. Özel, V. Aybek, M. Yilmaz, Talanta,81;1-2; 2010; 248.6th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, zmir, 2010 689

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