Research Article

Sensing of Zinc-Containing Nanopollutants with an Ionic Liquid

Table 1

Sensitivities ( 𝑅 I L / 𝑅 n a n o (decreasing resistance) or 𝑅 n a n o / 𝑅 I L (increasing resistance)) of the RTIL to 20–40 ng/m3 of nanoparticles at 298 K.

NanoparticleSize (nm)Sensitivity
𝑅 I L / 𝑅 n a n o 𝑅 n a n o / 𝑅 I L

TiO220–10113
ZnO21–10711
ZnS<10010
CuO27–9516
Phosphor fly ash<2007.2
Phosphor fly ash<50001.4