Investigations of the polyaniline and nafion bilayer sensor structure in SAW system

Abstract

Presented here are the preliminary results concerning an investigations of a novel bilayer sensor structure of polyaniline and Nafion as a toxic gas sensors in a Surface Acoustic Wave system. The investigations were performed with different concentrations of the various toxic gases like SO$_{2}$, CO, H$_{2}$S and ammonia (NH$_{3}$) in synthetic dry air. The prototype polyaniline and nafion bilayer structure has been manufactured by two deposition technologies: 180 nm of PANI by PVD technology and thin Nafion film by spin coating technology and specific process of annealing. A good interaction with various concentrations of ammonia for the bilayer structure (PANI film with Nafion) has been observed