Optical chemo-sensor based on long period gratings coated with /spl delta/ form syndiotactic polystyrene
- 25 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 17 (8) , 1713-1715
- https://doi.org/10.1109/lpt.2005.851979
Abstract
In this work, a long period grating (LPG) is coated with a thin film of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) in the nanoporous crystalline /spl delta/ form in order to obtain a species-specific chemical sensor. The combination of the intrinsic and high refractive index sensitivity of the LPGs with the high sorption properties toward chlorinated and aromatic compounds of sPS /spl delta/ form allows detecting very low concentrations (in the range of few parts per million) of chloroform in water. Chemical detection is carried out by measuring the wavelength shift and the amplitude changes in the attenuation band of the LPG due to analyte sorption.Keywords
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