Thin Film Deposition by Langmuir Blodgett Technique for Gas Sensing Applications

Sanit Malik, Chandra Charu Tripathi

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, University Institute of Engineering & Technology (UIET), Kurukshetra University, Thanesar, India..

DOI: 10.4236/jsemat.2013.33031                

Abstract

There are various technologies like CVD. Radio Frequency sputtering, spin coating etc. present for thin film deposition for various applications and for gas sensors. In this review, special attention is focused on the thin film deposition for gas sensing applications by using Langmuir Blodgett method. Langmuir Blodgett method also discussed briefly. Modified technique of Langmuir-Blodgett like Langmuir Schaefer method is discussed and various examples of Langmuir Blodgett techniques for gas sensing for space applications are included. Future prospects of gas sensing thin film deposition by Langmuir Blodgett technique are explained.

Keywords

Thin Films; LB Method; Gas Sensor; Molecular Electronics; Nanostructures

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

References

[1]	G. Zhavnerko and G. Marletta, “Developing Langmuir-Blodgett strategies towards Practical Devices,” Materials Science and Engineering B, Vol. 169, No. 1-3, 2010, pp. 43-48. doi:10.1016/j.mseb.2009.12.005
[2]	Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films WHAT and HOW? http://www.lot-oriel.com/files/downloads/ksv/en/langmuirblodgett_en01.pdf
[3]	A. W. Adamson, “Physical Chemistry of Surfaces,” Wiley & Sons, New York, 1976.
[4]	D. J. Shaw, “Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry,” Butterworth & Co., London, 1980.
[5]	R. G. Laughlin, “The Aqueous Phase Behaviour of Surfactants,” Academic Press Inc., San Diego, 1994.
[6]	D. K. Chattoraj and K. S. Birdi, “Adsorption and the Gibbs Surface Excess,” Plenum Press, New York, 1984. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-8333-2
[7]	G. L. Gaines, “Insoluble Monolayers at the Liquid-Gas Interface,” Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1966.
[8]	B. P. Binks, “Insoluble Monolayers of Weakly Ionising Low Molar Mass Materials and Their Deposition to Form Langmuir-Blodgett Multilayers,” Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 34, 1991, pp. 343-432. doi:10.1016/0001-8686(91)80053-M
[9]	M. Penza, E. Milella and V. I. Anisimkin, “Gas Sensing Properties of Langmuir Blodgett Polyprrole Film Investigated by Surface Acoustic Waves,” IEEE Transaction on Ultrasonics, Perroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 45, No. 5, 1998, pp. 1125-1132.
[10]	A. Tepore, A. Serra, D. P. Arnold, D. Manno, G. Micocci, A. Genga and L. Valli, “Study of Gas Sensing Performance of Langmuir-Blodgett Films Containing an Alkyne Linked Conjugates Porphyrin Dimer.”
[11]	D. Xie, Y. D. Jiang, W. Pan, D. Li, Z. M. Wu and Y. R. Li, “Fabrication and Characterization of Polyaniline Based Gas Sensor by Ultra-Thin Film Technology,” Sensors and Actuators B, Vol. 81, No. 2-3, 2002, pp. 158-164.
[12]	S. choudhary, C. A. Betty, K. G. Girja and S. K. Kulshreshtha, “Room Temperature Gas Sensitivity of Ultrathin SnO2 Films Prepared from Langmuir-Blodgett Film Precursors,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89, No. 7, 2006, 3 Pages. doi:10.1063/1.2336725
[13]	F. Lu, Y. Liu, M. Dong and X. P. Wang, “Nanosized Tin Oxide as the Novel Material with Simultaneous Detection towards CO, H2 and CH4,” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Vol. 66, No. 1-3, 2000, pp. 225-227. doi:10.1016/S0925-4005(00)00371-3
[14]	C. Baratto, E. Comini, G. Faglia, G. Sberveglieri, M. Zha and A. Zappettini, “Metal Oxide Nanocrystals for Gas Sensing,” Sensors and Actuators B, Vol. 109, No. 1, 2005, pp. 2-6. doi:10.1016/j.snb.2005.03.091
[15]	Carbon Nanotube Sensors for Gas Detection. www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/technology.../gas_detection.html
[16]	H.-Y. Wang and J. B. Lando, “Gas-Sensing Mechanism of PhthalocyanineLangmuir-Blodgett Films,” Langmuir, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1994, pp. 790-796.
[17]	A. J. Milton and A. P. Monkman, “A Comparative Study of Polyaniline Films Using Thermal Analysis and IR Spectroscopy,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 26, No. 9, 1993, pp. 1468-1474. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/26/9/020
[18]	N. E. Agbor, J. P. Cresswell, M. C. Petty and A. P. Monkman, “An Optical Gas Sensor Based on Polyaniline Langmuir-Blodgett Films,” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Vol. 41, No. 1-3, 1997, pp. 137-141. doi:10.1016/S0925-4005(97)80286-9
[19]	N. E. Agbor, M. C. Petty, A. P. P. S. Vikus and J. R. Sambles, “Cobalt Phthalocyanine as a Basis for the Optical Sensing of Nitrogen Dioxide Using Surface Plasmon resonance,” Thin Solid Films, Vol. 221, No. 1-2, 1992, pp. 311-317. doi:10.1016/0040-6090(92)90833-W
[20]	D. G. Zhu, N. C. Petty and M. Harris, “An Optical Sensor for Nitrogendioxide Based on Copper Phthalocyanine Lanamuir-Blodgett Film,” Sensors and Actuators B, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1990, pp. 265-269. doi:10.1016/0925-4005(90)80152-P
[21]	N. V. Lavriky, D. De Rossiz, Z. I. Kazantsevay, A. V. Naboky, B. A. Nesterenkoy, S. A. Piletskyx, V. I. Kalchenkok, A. N. Shivaniukk and L. N. Markovskiyk, “Composite Polyaniline/Calixarene Langmuir—Blodgett Films for Gas Sensing,” Nanotechnology, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1996, pp. 315-319. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/7/4/002
[22]	T. Di Luccio, F. Antolini, P. Aversa, G. Scalia and L. Tapfer, “Structural and Morphologica Investigation of Langmuir-Blodgett SWCNT/Behenic Acid Multilayers”. arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0312395
[23]	P. Bertoncello, A. Notargiacomo and C. Nicolini, “Langmuir-Schaefer Films of Nafion with Incorporated TiO2 Nanoparticles,” Langmuir, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2005, pp. 172-177. doi:10.1021/la048837l
[24]	V. Ruiz, P. G. Nicholson, S. Jollands, P. A. Thomas, J. V. Macpherson, P. R. Unwin, “Molecular Ordering and 2D Conductivity in Ultrathin Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)/Gold Nanoparticle Composite Films,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 109, No. 41, 2005, pp. 19335-19344. doi:10.1021/jp053647k
[25]	K. B. Blodgett and I. Langmuir, “Built-Up Films of Barium Stearate and Their Optical Properties,” Physical Review, Vol. 51, No. 11, 1937, pp. 964-982. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.51.964
[26]	Potential Applications of Micro and Nano Technology on Space Transportation System. www.silicondesigns.com/pdfs/spacepaper.PDF