Sensors (Jun 2010)

QCM-Arrays for Sensing Terpenes in Fresh and Dried Herbs via Bio-Mimetic MIP Layers

  • Naseer Iqbal,
  • Ghulam Mustafa,
  • Abdul Rehman,
  • Alexander Biedermann,
  • Bita Najafi,
  • Peter A. Lieberzeit,
  • Franz L. Dickert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s100706361
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 7
pp. 6361 – 6376

Abstract

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A piezoelectric 10 MHz multichannel quartz crystal microbalance (MQCM), coated with six molecularly imprinted polystyrene artificial recognition membranes have been developed for selective quantification of terpenes emanated from fresh and dried Lamiaceae family species, i.e., rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis L.), basil (Ocimum Basilicum) and sage (Salvia Officinalis). Optimal e-nose parameters, such as layer heights (1–6 KHz), sensitivity

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