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We found that the response of SnO2-PDDAC sensor is significantly higher than that of SnO2 alone, indicating that the doping with PDDAC effectively improved the sensor performance. The SnO2-PDDAC sensor has a detection limit of 10 ppm at room temperature and shows good selectivity to ethanol, making it very suitable for monitoring drunken driving. The microstructures of the samples were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM),  X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), and the sensing mechanism is also discussed in detail.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s130404378","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,2]],"date-time":"2013-04-02T12:52:56Z","timestamp":1364907176000},"page":"4378-4389","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":97,"title":["A Novel Flexible Room Temperature Ethanol Gas Sensor  Based on SnO2 Doped Poly-Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Shuang","family":"Zhan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Nano-Fabrication and Novel Devices Integrated Technology,  Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100029, China"},{"name":"College of Materials Science and Technology, Qing Dao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China"}]},{"given":"Dongmei","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Nano-Fabrication and Novel Devices Integrated Technology,  Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100029, China"}]},{"given":"Shengfa","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Nano-Fabrication and Novel Devices Integrated Technology,  Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100029, China"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Nano-Fabrication and Novel Devices Integrated Technology,  Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100029, China"}]},{"given":"Xia","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Materials Science and Technology, Qing Dao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1685","DOI":"10.1088\/0957-0233\/11\/12\/305","article-title":"The development of a sensor system for the early detection of soft rot in stored potato tubers","volume":"11","author":"Costello","year":"2000","journal-title":"Meas. 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