Recently, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), have been explored as photothermal materials for solar evaporation. However, the optimum phase for photothermal material, 1T-MoS2 or 2H-MoS2, is still debatable. In this work, we observed the morphological and structural properties of MoS2 prepared by a simple hydrothermal process at 200 °C in three different growth times (16, 20, and 24 hours) using Na2MoO4·2H2O (sodium molybdate) as a Mo precursor, and CS(NH2)2 (thiourea) as S precursor. MoS2 nanoflowers were successfully prepared with nanosheets petals and its diameter increased from 0.4 to 2.8 and 4.5 as the growth time increased from 16 to 20 and 24 hours. The increase in growth time also led to improve the Mo:S ratio from 1:8 to 1:5 and facilitate the phase transformation from 1T to 2H as indicated by the shifting of (002) diffraction peak from 9.25° to higher degrees (12.98°, and 14.12°).

Abstrak Sensor arus eddy (eddy current) digunakan untuk pengukuran ketebalan logam khususnya logam non magnetik seperti alumunium.  Penelitian ini telah mengembangkan sensor eddy current berbahan PCB (printed circuit board) jenis FR4 yang memiliki ketebalan lapisan tembaga 35micron. Prototipe yang dihasilkan mempergunakan koil sensor dengan jumlah gulungan (n) 30 lilitan, diameter (Æ) 30mm, lebar dan jarak antar koil, (dkoil) 0,254mm dan tahanan (Rkoil) sebesar 4,26Ω. Respon sensor ketebalan pelat logam terhadap bahan uji dievaluasi dengan memberikan eksitasi frekuensi tunggal 700Khz, 1MHz dan 1.33MHz. Rangkaian ketebalan pelat telah mempergunakan rangkaian pengunci fasa (phase locked loop) dan mampu mengukur variasi ketebalan  mulai 0,2 mm sampai 2 mm, sementara jarak antara sensor dengan logam uji dijaga konstan 2 mm. Hasil pengukuran memberikan respon kurva U(t) dalam hubungan Kata-kata kunci:sensor eddy current, PCB FR4, material non magnetik, ketebalan logam, rangkaian phase locked loop Abstract Eddy current sensor is used to measure the thickness of metals, especially non-magnetic metals such as aluminum. This research has developed eddy current sensor made from PCB (printed circuit board) type FR4 which has 35micron copper layer thickness. The developed prototype uses a designed coil sensor with the number of winding (n) 30 turn, diameter () 30mm, width and distance between coils, (dkoil) 0.254 mm and coil resistance (Rkoil) of 4.26 Ω. The sensor response to the test material was evaluated by giving a single frequency excitation of 700 Khz, 1 MHz and 1.33 MHz. The plate thickness electronics has used a phase locked loop circuit and is capable to measure the thickness variations from 0.2 mm up to 2 mm, while the distance between the sensor coil and the test object was kept constant at 2 mm. The measurement results give the U (t) curve response in the exponential relationship. Keywords: eddy current sensor, PCB FR4, nonmagnetic material, thickness, phase locked loop circuit

This study reports the design of non-magnetic plate thickness sensors based on Eddy Current principld in the form of flat coils. The principle used in the Eddy Current sensor is a change of mutual coil inductance due to the presence of objects in the magnetic field. The coil is made up of single and double layer coil designed using Corel Draw Software based on printed circuit board (PCB) material with dimensions of 152.4 mm x 101.6 mm, which has a track distance of 0.125 m. Single and double layer coil inductance evaluations are carried out using the EVB  LDC 1000 L/V Converter module which converts plate thickness into inductance values. The addition of a 30 mm Vitrovac thin film mounted in the direction of the winding in the 2 mm diameter coil core has been carried out to increase the sensitivity value of the sensor which gives an increase in sensitivity value of S = 0.321 uH / mm or 33.2%. The coil is able to measure plate thickness up to 10mm well.