Abstract
Most trace gas detection methods developed so far largely rely on active sampling procedures, which are known to introduce different kinds of artifacts. Here, we demonstrate sampling-free in situ trace gas detection in millimeter scale volumes with fiber coupled cantilever enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy. Our 2.4 mm diameter fiber-tip sensor is free from the wavelength modulation induced background signal (a phenomenon that is often overlooked in photoacoustic spectroscopy) and reaches a normalized noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 1.3 × 10 -9 W cm -1 Hz -1/2 for acetylene detection. To validate its in situ gas detection capability, we inserted the sensor into a mini fermenter for headspace monitoring of CO 2 production during yeast fermentation. Our results show that the sensor can easily follow the different stages of the CO 2 production of the fermentation process in great detail.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 023102 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Review of Scientific Instruments |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 6 Feb 2019 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2019 |