DOI

  • Joachim P. Kloock
  • Youlia G. Mourzina
  • Yuri Ermolenko
  • Theodor Doll
  • Jürgen Schubert
  • Michael J. Schöning

Chalcogenide glasses offer an excellent "challenge" for their use and implementation in sensor arrays due to their good sensor-specific advantages in comparison to their crystalline counterparts. This paper will give an introduction on the preparation of chalcogenide glasses in the thin-film state. First, single microsensors have been prepared with the methods of semiconductor technology. In a next step, three microsensors are implemented onto one single silicon substrate to an "one chip" sensor array. Different ion-selective chalcogenide glass membranes (PbSAgIAs2S 3, CdSAgIAs2S3, CuAgAsSeTe and TIAgAsIS) were prepared by means of the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) process. The different sensor membranes and structures have been physically characterized by means of Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy and video microscopy. The electrochemical behavior has been investigated by potentiometric measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)156-162
Number of pages7
JournalSensors
Volume4
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2004

    Research areas

  • Chalcogenide glass material, Heavy metal detection, Microfabrication technique, Potentiometry, Pulsed laser deposition, Thin-film sensor array

    Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Instrumentation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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