Figures & data
Figure 1. FT-IR spectra of a IIR and b MA-g-IIR
Table 1. Details of samples used
Figure 2. Schematic representation the measurement cell in which QRS are implemented
Figure 3. Typical chemo-resistive response of QRS when exposed to toluene molecules with and without IIR filmCitation16
Figure 4. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of GO platelets deposited on an oxidized smooth silica surface
Figure 5. WAXD patterns of a EG, RGO, IIR-EG, and IIR-RGO (insight shows closed view) and b Cloisite10A, IIR-Cloisite10A, and MA-g-IIR-Cloisite10A
Figure 6. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) photographs of a IIR and b MA-g-IIR filled with 1.12 v/v% of cloisite 10A
Figure 7. SEM of a RGO, b IIR-RGO, and c IIR-EG
Figure 8. Evolution of PC-1%CNT (w/w), PCL-1%CNT (w/w), and neat CNT (1%w/w) QRS response with toluene vapor concentration in ppm
Table 2. Parameter obtained after fitting with the Langmuir–Henry Clustering (LHC) model expressed by equations (6) and (7)
Table 3. Diffusion coefficients of toluene vapor through IIR-based nanocomposites
Figure 9. Decrease in diffusion coefficient (cm2 s− 1) and increase in diffusion coefficient reduction of toluene in IIR, IIR-2.92%v/v Cloisite, MA-g-IIR-2.92%v/v Cloisite, and IIR-2.43%v/vRGO composites (from left to right)
Figure 10. Schematic representation of tortuous path and dispersion in a IIR, b IIR-Cloisite10A, c MA-g-IIR-Cloisite10A, and d IIR-RGO nanocomposites
