Fiber optic volatile organic compound gas sensors: A review

Y Zhao, Y Liu, B Han, M Wang, Q Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic, and can
have serious effects on human health and the ecological environment. Therefore, the …

Micro and nanostructured materials for the development of optical fibre sensors

C Elosua, FJ Arregui, ID Villar, C Ruiz-Zamarreño… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
The measurement of chemical and biomedical parameters can take advantage of the
features exclusively offered by optical fibre: passive nature, electromagnetic immunity and …

Raman Detected Sensing of Volatile Organic Compounds by Vapochromic Cu[AuX2(CN)2]2 (X = Cl, Br) Coordination Polymer Materials

JS Ovens, DB Leznoff - Chemistry of Materials, 2015 - ACS Publications
Two vapochromic coordination polymers Cu [AuX2 (CN) 2] 2 (X= Cl, 1; X= Br, 2) were
prepared and spectroscopically characterized. Exposure of these solid materials to the …

Lossy mode resonance optical fiber sensor to detect organic vapors

C Elosúa, I Vidondo, FJ Arregui, C Bariáin… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2013 - Elsevier
A transmission sensor able to detect Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) has been
developed using optical fiber with Plastic Cladding (PCS). Specifically, 1.5 cm of the …

Comparative study of layer-by-layer deposition techniques for poly (sodium phosphate) and poly (allylamine hydrochloride)

C Elosua, D Lopez-Torres, M Hernaez… - Nanoscale research …, 2013 - Springer
An inorganic short chain polymer, poly (sodium phosphate), PSP, together with poly
(allylamine hydrochloride), PAH, is used to fabricate layer-by-layer (LbL) films. The …

Reversible vapochromic response of polymer films doped with a highly emissive molecular rotor

P Minei, M Koenig, A Battisti, M Ahmad… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on a new vapochromic system suitable for sensing volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) based on polymer films doped with 4-(diphenylamino) phthalonitrile (DPAP), a …

Volatile organic compounds optical fiber sensor based on lossy mode resonances

C Elosua, FJ Arregui, CR Zamarreño, C Bariain… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2012 - Elsevier
An optical fiber sensor to monitor volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has been developed.
The sensing material used is the organometallic [Au2Ag2 (C6F5) 4 (NH3) 2] n: its optical …

Tuning the Sensitivity of Photonic Sensors Toward Alkanes Through the Textural Properties of Hybrid Xerogel Coatings

B Rosales‐Reina, D López‐Torres… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work exemplifies how incorporating organosilane modifiers into silica matrices allows
for tuning the optical response of reflection photonic sensors through customizing the …

Fluorescent vapochromism in synthetic polymers

P Minei, A Pucci - Polymer International, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by means polymeric materials through
fluorescence variations has attracted considerable interest over the past 10 years. The …

A fiber-optic sensor to detect volatile organic compounds based on a porous silica xerogel film

JC Echeverría, P de Vicente, J Estella, JJ Garrido - Talanta, 2012 - Elsevier
Fiber-optic sensors are increasingly used for the determination of volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) in air matrices. This paper provides experimental results on the …