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Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1A Multi-Layered Graphene Based Gas Sensor Platform for Discrimination of Volatile Organic Compounds Via Differential Intercalation(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023) Özkendir İnanç, Dilce; Ng, Zhi Kai; Yıldız, Ümit Hakan; Keleş, Berfin; Vardar, Gökay; Şahin, Hasan; Tsang, Siu Hon; Palaniappan, Alagappan; Yıldız, Ümit Hakan; Teo, Eht; 04.01. Department of Chemistry; 04.04. Department of Photonics; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologySelective and sensitive detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is of critical importance for environmental monitoring, disease diagnosis and industrial applications. Among VOCs, assay development for primary alcohols has captured significant research attention since their toxicity causes adverse effects on gastrointestinal and central nerve systems, resulting in irreversible blindness, and coma, and can be even fatal at high exposure levels. However, selective detection of primary alcohols is extremely challenging owing to the similarity in their molecular structure and characteristic groups. Herein, we have attempted to investigate the differential methanol (MeOH)-ethanol (EtOH) discriminative properties of single-layer, bi-layer, and multi-layer graphene morphologies. Chemiresistors fabricated using the three morphologies of graphene illustrate discriminative MeOH-EtOH responses, which is attributed to the phenomenon of differential intercalation of MeOH within layered graphene morphologies as compared to that of EtOH. This hypothesis is verified by density functional theory calculations, which revealed that the adsorption of EtOH molecules on the graphene surface is more energetically favorable as compared to that of MeOH molecules, thereby inhibiting their intercalation within the layered graphene morphologies. It is further evaluated that the degree of MeOH intercalation increases with increasing layers of graphene for obtaining differential MeOH-EtOH responses. Experimental results suggest possibilities to develop selective and sensitive MeOH assays fabricated using various graphene morphologies in a combinatorial sensor array format.Article Citation - WoS: 41Citation - Scopus: 44Vapor Phase Solvatochromic Responses of Polydiacetylene Embedded Matrix Polymers(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017) Tu, Meng-Che; Yıldız, Ümit Hakan; Yıldız, Ümit Hakan; Palaniappan, Alagappan; Liedberg, Bo; 04.01. Department of Chemistry; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThe solvatochromic response of polydiacetylene (PDA) in the vapor phase is enabled upon incorporation with matrix polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyethylene glycol (PEG), polyacrylic acid (PAA), and poly-4-vinylpyridine (P4VP). The matrix polymers provide a soft/gel-like framework for accommodating photopolymerized PDA, while facilitating its conformational alternations upon interaction with preconcentrated volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The matrix polymers enabled the differentiation of VOCs owing to their varying morphology, chemical affinity and solubility in VOCs. The ratios between PDA and the matrix polymers are optimized according to the obtained solvatochromic responses evaluated in varying temperature, humidity and storage conditions. As a proof of concept, a finger-print array for differentiation of 7 VOCs is demonstrated using matrix polymer-embedded PDA. The obtained results indicate that the response time and sensitivity of the proposed methodology supersedes previous reports on solvatochromic VOC assays. Furthermore, the proposed methodology would enable differentiation of a wide range of VOCs upon incorporation of additional matrix polymers with varying sorption properties.