Synthetic moth antennae fabricated as preconcentrator for odor collection

Thomas L. Spencer; Nickolay Lavrik; David L. Hu

doi:10.1109/ISOEN.2017.7968911

Synthetic moth antennae fabricated as preconcentrator for odor collection

Thomas L. Spencer, Nickolay Lavrik, David L. Hu

Nanofabrication Research Laboratory

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Abstract

Moths do not employ any of the techniques modern preconcentrators use to extract odors from the air yet they are able to sense pheromone particles in concentrations of parts per billion. Their odor grabbing abilities originate from the complex structure of their antennae; however, this unique anatomical structure has never been replicated to scale. We analyze natural moth olfaction systems to find commonalities in the antennae across species. We create 1:1 scale antennae mimics that contains these commonalities and overcome the unique fabrication challenges of the small scale and hierarchical nature of the antennae using nanoscale 3D printing. The comparative biology and fabrication techniques from this study may inspire ideas for fabricating improved filters and chemical sensors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509023912
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISOEN.2017.7968911
State	Published - Jul 5 2017
Event	2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN 2017 - Montreal, Canada Duration: May 28 2017 → May 31 2017

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Name	ISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings

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Conference	2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN 2017
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	05/28/17 → 05/31/17

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Grant Number 1510884. We thank A. Alexeev, K. Kalaitzidou, N. Mohebbi, and M. Matherne for their early contributions as well as D. Wagner and M. Forister for the moth samples and advice. The nanoscale 3D printing was conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility.

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National Science Foundation	1510884
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Spencer, T. L., Lavrik, N., & Hu, D. L. (2017). Synthetic moth antennae fabricated as preconcentrator for odor collection. In ISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings Article 7968911 (ISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISOEN.2017.7968911

Spencer, Thomas L. ; Lavrik, Nickolay ; Hu, David L. / Synthetic moth antennae fabricated as preconcentrator for odor collection. ISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. (ISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings).

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Spencer TL, Lavrik N, Hu DL. Synthetic moth antennae fabricated as preconcentrator for odor collection. In ISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. 7968911. (ISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/ISOEN.2017.7968911

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