The Electronic Nose:

A Multivariate Approach

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 The tasks of this report:

To inform on chemometrics studies in

Voronezh
To describe the results of one research
project

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 Authors:

Igor V. Aristov Tatyana A. Kuchmenko

Department of Department of Analytical
Analytical Chemistry Chemistry
Voronezh State Voronezh State
University Technological Academy

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 Scientific interests

AnalyticalChemistry
Electrochemistry
Separation methods
Applied Statistics

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 The Problem

We want to distinguish vapors of chemical

substances in air using a cross-selectivity
multisensor detector

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 The Electronic Nose

Unit for gas analysis with many cross-

selectivity sensors.

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 The Electronic Nose: a scheme

Input

GAS

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 Experimental equipment

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 Scheme of Analytical Information

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 Electronic Nose with 14 cross-
selectivity sensors

Sorbates Analytical signals

Benzol F; frequency difference
Aniline a; capacity
o-Methyl Aniline t0.5; time of half sorption
m-Methyl Aniline
p-Methyl Aniline

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 Vapor Print TM

Benzol Aniline

-Methyl Aniline - Methyl - Methyl Aniline

11 Aniline
 Vapor Print TM

Benzol Aniline

-Methyl Aniline - Methyl - Methyl

12 Aniline Aniline
 Discriminant Analysis

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 Discriminant Analysis

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 Classification

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 Scheffe test (t0.5)

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 Scheffe test (F)

Sorbate Mean Homogeneous Group

(p=0.05)
1 2 3 4
Benzol -1,01
Aniline -0,20
p-Methyl Aniline 0,23
m-Methyl Aniline 0,37
-Methyl Aniline 0,62

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 Scheffe test (a)

Sorbate Mean Homogeneous Group

(p=0.05)
1 2 3
Benzol -0,45
Aniline -0,39
p-Methyl Aniline -0,07
m-Methyl Aniline 0,40
-Methyl Aniline 0,52

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 In The Nearest Future

Optimization of sensors number

Multivariate calibration

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 The End

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