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by Lee Tin-wan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-84). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Chemical sensors --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Quartz crystal microbalance --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Film immobilization technologies --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research Outlines --- p.13 / Chapter 2. --- Saccharide detection by affinity mass sensor / Chapter 2.1 --- Concept of affinity mass sensor --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Affinity chromatography --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Basis of affinity mass sensor --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Saccharide sensing --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2 --- Experimental --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Flow-through cell --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- QCA 917 quartz crystal analyzer --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Experimental setup --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Sensor fabrication --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Analysis procedures --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3 --- Results and Discussion --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Formation of boronate complex --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Response curve --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Ligand (APBA) immobilization --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Effect of various operating parameters --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- Calibration and reproducibility --- p.38 / Chapter 2.3.6 --- Kinetics analysis --- p.39 / Chapter 2.3.7 --- Stability of sensor --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3.8 --- Determination of fructose in real samples --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3.9 --- Comparison with conventional saccharides sensors --- p.46 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.47 / Chapter 3. --- Sol-gel fabrication of affinity mass sensor / Chapter 3.1 --- Principle of sol-gel method --- p.48 / Chapter 3.2 --- Encapsulation of organic molecules in sol-gel matrices --- p.51 / Chapter 3.3 --- Experimental --- p.53 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Preparation of alkoxide solutions --- p.53 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Film deposition on QCM --- p.55 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Film characterization and surface analysis --- p.56 / Chapter 3.4 --- Results and Discussion --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Optimization of conditions for sol-gel process --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.1.1 --- Choice of catalyst --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.1.2 --- "H2O: TEOS ratio, R" --- p.59 / Chapter 3.4.1.3 --- Ligand loading --- p.60 / Chapter 3.4.1.4 --- Surface active agent --- p.60 / Chapter 3.4.1.5 --- Temperature --- p.61 / Chapter 3.4.1.6 --- Ageing and drying --- p.62 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Characterization of APBA encapsulated film --- p.62 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Performance of the sol-gel derived sensor --- p.65 / Chapter 3.4.3.1 --- Calibration --- p.65 / Chapter 3.4.3.2 --- Stability --- p.66 / Chapter 3.4.3.3 --- Selectivity --- p.68 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Applicability of the sol-gel derived sensor --- p.69 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Comparison between sensors fabricated via crosslinking method and the sol-gel method --- p.70 / Chapter 3.4.5.1 --- Surface uniformity --- p.70 / Chapter 3.4.5.2 --- Reproducibility in mass deposition --- p.72 / Chapter 3.4.5.3 --- Stability --- p.72 / Chapter 3.4.5.4 --- Sensitivity towards fructose standard --- p.73 / Chapter 3.4.5.5 --- Comparison of precision and accuracy --- p.73 / Chapter 3.5 --- Summary --- p.75 / Conclusion --- p.77 / References --- p.79 / Titles for tables --- p.85 / Captions for figures --- p.86 / Appendix I --- p.88 / Appendix II --- p.89 / Appendix III --- p.95

by Shao Bing. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-122). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

An oscillating plasma glow discharge detector for gas chromatography is used to obtain fingerprint information about an analyte by combining both the average cell current and oscillation frequency signals. Five homologs each of the n-alkanes, 1-alkenes, 1-alkynes, 2-ketones and aldehydes are studied. Although triplicate determinations had some scatter due to noise, they showed clustering that allows several of these compounds to be distinguished from the others by using a two-dimensional plot of the ratios of frequency peak area to current peak area and frequency peak height to current peak height. Fingerprint identification information is improved by changing the cell pressure, applied voltage and electrode spacing. Changes in the discharge operating conditions produce changes in the analyte peak responses. The relative magnitudes of the analyte current and frequency peak responses also change with respect to each other under different discharge conditions. Unique fingerprints or patterns of responses are created for each analyte by changing the discharge operating conditions. The detector responses toward 10 organic compounds, representing seven different functional groups, are recorded under 56 different combinations of discharge conditions. The ratios of the frequency to current peak responses (heights and areas) for three of the 56 sets of conditions investigated provide enough information to distinguish between nine compounds. Principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis, multivariate exploratory techniques, are used to observe natural clustering in the data. / Graduation date: 1994