How molecular interactions tune the characteristic time of nanocomposite colloidal sensors

• Main Authors: Rajendran, Barathan, Chen, Xiao, Li, Zhong, Zhan, Zhixin, Goh, K B
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Molecular-Level Interaction; Sensing Time
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163930
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Mass transport critically controls the performance of colloidal metal-polymer sensors. We hypothesize that molecular-level pair interactions, such as electric, steric, and specific binding effects, govern the mass transport and, in return, the characteristic time of these sensors.