A new technology is proposed in which a molecular field effect transistor i
s used to titrate quantitatively ozone in air in the range 0-300 ppb. Good
results have been obtained by employing a procedure of measurement in which
the equilibrium state is never reached. Both the stability of the device a
nd the reproducibility have been tested and shown to be satisfactory. X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and W-VIS absorption measurements have de
monstrated that only the superficial layer of the molecular layer (PcNi) is
degraded by ozone leading to a long sensor lifetime. (C) 2001 Elsevier Sci
ence B.V. All rights reserved.