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    Highly Selective Metal-Organic Framework Textile Humidity Sensor

    Year: 2020

    Journal: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Volume 12, JUL 1, page 29999–30006

    Authors: Rauf, S; Vijjapu, MT; Andres, MA; Gascon, I; Roubeau, O; Eddaoudi, M; Salama, KN

    Organizations: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah University of Science & Technology; AMPM Center under the CCF grant; Spanish MINECO; FEDEREuropean Commission [MAT2016-78257-R, MAT2017-86826-R, E31_17R]; Aragon Government (DGA)Gobierno de Aragon

    Keywords: metal-organic framework (MOF); MIL-96(Al); thin film; textile sensor; humidity sensor; interdigitated electrodes (IDEs); Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films

    The increase in demand and popularity of smart textiles brings new and innovative ideas to develop a diverse range of textile-based devices for our daily life applications. Smart textile-based sensors (TEX sensors) become attractive due to the potential to replace current solid-state sensor devices with flexible and wearable devices. We have developed a smart textile sensor for humidity detection using a metal-organic framework (MOF) as an active thin-film layer. We show for the first time the use of the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique for the deposition of a MIL-96(Al) MOF thin film directly onto the fabrics containing interdigitated textile electrodes for the fabrication of a highly selective humidity sensor. The humidity sensors were made from two different types of textiles, namely, linen and cotton, with the linen-based sensor giving the best response due to better coverage of MOF. The TEX sensor showed a reproducible response after multiple cycles of measurements. After 3 weeks of storage, the sensor showed a moderate decrease in response. Moreover, TEX sensors showed a high level of selectivity for the detection of water vapors in the presence of several volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Interestingly, the selectivity is superior to some of the previously reported MOF-coated solid-state interdigitated electrode devices and textile sensors. The method herein described is generic and can be extended to other textiles and coating materials for the detection of toxic gases and vapors.
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