Development of printable ammonia sensors for smart packaging application

开发用于智能包装应用的可印刷氨传感器

• 批准号: 528341-2018
• 负责人: Yang, Jun
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=669188
• 关键词: Development; printable; ammonia; sensors; smart

Jones Packaging Inc. (Jones) is an innovative Canadian company dedicated to providing customer-first**integrated packaging solutions. Jones has been actively developing printed electronics based smart packaging**solutions. Currently Jones is looking for various gas sensing analyzers, in particular for those food products**that are sensitive to the storing conditions, which have the potential to threat human health if corrupted.**For food packing industry, the condition of food may vary attribute to different storing conditions, thus the**fixed "expiring date" printed on the package sometimes cannot guarantee the safety of the products. Food**poisoning is the illness resulting from consumption of corrupted food that is either expired or contaminated by**pathogenic bacteria, viruses and/or parasites. Spoiled food will create detectable vapors or gas like ammonia,**which can be detected using gas sensors. However, due to the relative high cost of such gas sensor and the lack**of integration to the packaging, customers cannot benefit from the state-of-the-art dynamic vapor monitoring**systems. Thus, it is urgent to take advantage of the recent advances in materials sciences and printed electronics**technology to develop low-cost all-printed flexible gas sensor.**The objective of this project is to develop printable polymer-based ammonia sensing materials to be used in**a chemiresistor device. Such ink will be used for printing and functioning as the ammonia sensing component.**Together with inkjet printing technology, a high-performance sensing circuit will be developed on a flexible**substrate, like paper.**Printed electronics is emerging as an advanced manufacturing technology in electronics industry.**Development of new functional ink formula for smart packaging can be beneficial for not only the industrial**partner, but also the whole printed electronics industry in Canada.

琼斯包装公司（Jones）是一家创新的加拿大公司，致力于提供客户第一的综合包装解决方案。Jones一直在积极开发基于印刷电子的智能包装解决方案。目前，Jones正在寻找各种气体传感分析仪，特别是那些对储存条件敏感的食品 **，如果腐败，可能会威胁人类健康。对于食品包装行业来说，由于储存条件的不同，食品的状况可能会有所不同，因此包装上印刷的 ** 固定“有效期”有时并不能保证产品的安全性。食物中毒是由于食用了过期或被致病细菌、病毒和/或寄生虫污染的腐败食物而引起的疾病。变质的食物会产生可检测的蒸汽或气体，如氨，** 这可以使用气体传感器检测。然而，由于这种气体传感器的成本相对较高，并且缺乏与包装的集成，客户无法从最先进的动态蒸汽监测系统中受益。因此，迫切需要利用材料科学和印刷电子技术的最新进展，开发低成本的全印刷柔性气体传感器。本计画的目的是开发可印刷的高分子氨感测材料，以应用于化学电阻器。这种油墨将用于印刷，并作为氨感测组分发挥作用。结合喷墨打印技术，将在纸等柔性 ** 基板上开发高性能传感电路。**印刷电子是电子工业中新兴的先进制造技术。开发用于智能包装的新功能油墨配方不仅有利于工业合作伙伴，而且有利于加拿大的整个印刷电子行业。