Detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using quartz crystal microbalances

S Stanley, CJ Percival, M Auer, A Braithwaite…

Index: Stanley; Percival; Auer; Braithwaite; Newton; McHale; Hayes Analytical Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 75, # 7 p. 1573 - 1577

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Abstract

A chemically coated piezoelectric sensor has been developed for the determination of PAHs in the liquid phase. An organic monolayer attached to the surface of a gold electrode of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) via a covalent thiol-gold link complete with an ionically bound recognition element has been produced. This study has employed the PAH derivative 9-anthracene carboxylic acid which, once bound to the alkane thiol, functions as the ...