Minos (Microsystems and nanotechnologies for chemical analysis)

Eduard Llobet Valero
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Av. Països Catalans, 26. 43007 - TARRAGONA
Teléfono: 977559623
FAX: 977559605
Contacto

Objetivos y actividades

Desarrollo de micro y nanotecnologías para microsistemas de análisis químico.
Investigación en procesado avanzado de señal para sistemas multisensor.
Desarrollo de aplicaciones de sistemas multisensor y olfato electrónico en ámbitos de salud, alimentación, etc.

Breve descripción de medios

Línea tecnológica de deposición de capas gruesas para la fabricación de sensores de gases.
Equipo de crecimiento de nanohilos y nanofibras de óxidos metálicos puros o dopados con nanopartículas de metales por CVD.
Sala blanca con nanolitografía y fotolitografía convencional, bancos químicos y equipo de pulverización catódica multi-target con pre-cámara y línea de transferencia de muestras.
Equipos y sistemas de test y caracterización automatizada de sensores de gases.

Publicaciones / Patentes / Actividades relevantes

Authors (signature): El Barbri, N.; Amari, A.; Vinaixa, M.; Bouchikhi, B.; Correig, X.; Llobet, E.
Title: Building of a metal oxide gas sensor-based electronic nose to assess the freshness of sardines under cold storage
Journal: Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical
Volume: 128 Number: 1 Pages, Initial: 235 final: 244 Year: 2007 ISSN: 0925-4005
Authors (signature): Espinosa, E.H.; Ionescu, R.; Llobet, E.; Felten, A.; Bittencourt, C.; Sotter, E.; Topalian, Z.; Heszler, P.; Granqvist, C.G.; Pireaux, J.J.; Correig, X.
Title: Highly selective NO2 gas sensors made of MWCNTs and WO3 hybrid layers
Journal: Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume: 154 Number: 5 Pages, Initial: J141 final: J149 Year: 2007 ISSN: 0013-465
Authors (signature): Blanco, F.; Vilanova, X.; Fierro, V.; Celzard, A.; Ivanov, P.; Llobet, E.; Cañellas, N.; Ramírez, J.L.; Correig, X.
Title: Fabrication and characterisation of microporous activated carbon-based pre-concentrators for benzene vapours
Journal: Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical
Volume: 132 Number: 1 Pages, Initial: 90 final: 98 Year: 2008 ISSN: 0925-4005
Authors (signature): Llobet, E.; Espinosa, E.H.; Sotter, E.; Ionescu, R.; Vilanova, X.; Torres, J.; Felten, A.; Pireaux, J.J.; Ke, X.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Renaux, F.; Paint, Y.; Hecq, M.; Bittencourt, C.
Title: Carbon nanotube-TiO2 hybrid films for detecting traces of O2
Journal: Nanotechnology
Volume: 19 Number: 37 Pages, Initial: 375501 Year: 2008 ISSN: 0957-4484
Authors (signature): A. Mozalev, V. Khatko, C. Bittencourt, A.W. Hassel, G. Goroth, E. Llobet, X. Correig
Title: Nanostructured columnlike tungsten oxide film by anodizing Al/W/Ti layers on Si
Journal: Chemistry of Materials
Volume: 20 Number: --- Pages, Initial: 6482 final: 6493 Year: 2008
Authors (signature): Khatko, V.; Mozalev, A.; Goroth, G.; Solovei, D.; Guirado, F.; Llobet, E.; Correig, X.
Title: Evolution of surface morphology, crystallite size, and texture of WO3 layers sputtered onto Si-supported nanoporous alumina templates
Journal: Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume: 155 Number: 7 Pages, Initial: K116 final: K123 Year: 2008 ISSN: 0013-4651
Authors (signature): Charlier, J.C.; Arnaud, L.; Avilov, I.V.; Delgado, M.; Demoisson, F.; Espinosa, E.H.; Ewels, C.P.; Felten, A.; Guillot, J.; Ionescu, R.; Leghrib, R.; Llobet, E.; Mansour, A.; Migeon, H.N.; Pireaux, J.J.; Reniers, F.; Suarez-Martinez, I.; Watson, G.E.; Zanolli, Z.
Title: Carbon nanotubes randomly decorated with gold clusters: from nano2hybrid atomic structures to gas sensing prototypes
Journal: Nanotechnology
Volume: 20 Number: 37 Pages, Initial: 375501 final: 375511 Year: 2009 ISSN: 0957-4484
Authors (signature): E. Espinosa, R. Ionescu, S. Zampolli, I. Elmi, G.C. Cardinali, E. Abad, R. Leghrib, J.L. Ramírez, X. Vilanova, E. Llobet
Title: Drop-coated sensing layers on ultra low power hotplates for an RFID flexible tag microlab
Journal: Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical
Volume: 144 Number: --- Pages, Initial: 462 final: 466 Year: 2010
Authors (signature): Roman G. Pavelko, Helen Daly, Christopher Hardacre, Alexey A. Vasiliev, Eduard Llobet
Title: Interaction of water, hydrogen and their mixtures with SnO2 based materials: the role of surface hydroxyl groups in detection mechanisms
Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume: 12 Number: --- Pages, Initial: 2639 final: 2647 Year: 2010

Miembros del grupo

El grupo está compuesto por cuatro profesores-investigadores, ocho becarios pre-doctorales, dos post-doc y dos técnicos de laboratorio.

Investigadores doctores

Eduard Llobet, Xavier Vilanova, José Luis Ramírez, Xavier Correig, Stella Vallejos y Belen Serrano

Proyectos relacionados en curso

Title of the project / contract: Gas sensor microsystems based on self organised nanostructured layers via anodic oxidation
Kind of contract/Program: Programa Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones
Financing Firm/administration: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Number of the project / contract: TEC2009-07107 Duration, since: 2010 Until: 2012
Title of the project / contract: Interface Design of Metal Nanocluster-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids via Control of Structural and Chemical Defects in a Plasma Discharge
Kind of contract/Program: FP6 - Thematic Areas - Nanotechnologies and nano-sciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices
Financing Firm/administration: European Commission
Number of the project / contract: NMP3-CT-2006-033311 Duration, since: 2006 Until: 2010
Title of the project / contract: Designing novel materials for nanodevices - from Theory to Practice (NanoTP)
Kind of contract/Program: COST
Financing Firm/administration: European Commission
Number of the project / contract: FP7-COST-MP0901
Duration, since: 2010 Until: 2013
Title of the project / contract: Ionic Liquids and Carbon Nanotubes for Sensors and Separations 'ILISENSE'
Kind of contract/Program: FP7 - People
Financing Firm/administration: European Commission
Number of the project / contract: FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008236628 Duration, since: 2008 Until: 2010