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Template-free, rapid polymerisation was employed to synthesize polyaniline nanofibers using chemical oxidative polymerisation of aniline, with HCl as a dopant. The doped and dedoped nanofibers were deposited onto conductometric sapphire transducers for gas sensing applications. The sensors were exposed to various concentrations of hydrogen (H 2) gas at room temperature. The sensitivity was measured to be 1.11 for doped and 1.07 for dedoped polyaniline nanofiber sensors upon exposure to 1% H 2. Fast response times of 28 seconds and 32 seconds were observed for dedoped and doped sensors respectively. The dedoped nanofiber sensor outperforms the doped sensor in terms of baseline stability and repeatability. Due to its room temperature operation, the gas sensor is promising for environmental applications.

A template-free rapidly mixed reaction was employed to synthesize polyaniline nanofibers using chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline. Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and camphor sulfonic acid (CSA) were used in the synthesis to obtain 30- and 50-nm average diameter polyaniline nanofibers. The nanofibers were deposited onto layered ZnO/64deg YX LiNbO3 surface-acoustic-wave transducers. The sensors were tested toward hydrogen (H2) gas while operating at room temperature. The dopant for the polyaniline nanofiber synthesis was found to have a significant effect on the device sensitivity. The sensor response was found to be larger for the 50-nm diameter CSA-doped nanofiber based sensors, while the response and recovery times were faster for the 30-nm diameter HCl-doped nanofibers

A template-free, rapidly-mixed reaction was employed to synthesize polyaniline nanofibers using chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline. Camphor sulfonic acid (CSA) was used in the synthesis to obtain 50 nm average diameter polyaniline nanofibers. The nanofibers were deposited onto a 64° YX LiNbO 3 SAW transducer. The sensor was tested towards hydrogen (H 2 ) gas while operating at room temperature. A fast response and recovery with high sensitivity and good repeatability were observed.

A polyaniline (PANI) nanofiber based surface acoustic wave (SAW) gas sensor, has been developed and investigated towards hydrogen (H2) gas. A template-free, rapidly-mixed reaction approach was employed to synthesize polyaniline nanofibers, which utilized chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline. Hydrochloric acid (HCl) was used as the dopant acid in the synthesis of the polyaniline nanofibers. Polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSA) was used to re-dope PANI nanofibers after dialyzing with ammonium hydroxide. Then PSSA doped nanofibers were deposited onto a ZnO/64 YX LiNbO3 SAW transducer. The sensor was exposed to various concentrations of H2 gas in an ambient of synthetic air, and operated at room temperature.