TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface Functionalization of Exposed Core Glass Optical Fiber for Metal Ion Sensing
AU - Bachhuka, Akash
AU - Heng, Sabrina
AU - Vasilev, Krasimir
AU - Kostecki, Roman
AU - Abell, Andrew
AU - Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike
PY - 2019/4/2
Y1 - 2019/4/2
N2 - One of the biggest challenges associated with exposed core glass optical fiber-based sensing is the availability of techniques that can be used to generate reproducible, homogeneous and stable surface coating. We report a one step, solvent free method for surface functionalization of exposed core glass optical fiber that allows achieving binding of fluorophore of choice for metal ion sensing. The plasma polymerization-based method yielded a homogeneous, reproducible and stable coating, enabling high sensitivity aluminium ion sensing. The sensing platform reported in this manuscript is versatile and can be used to bind different sensing molecules opening new avenues for optical fiber-based sensing.
AB - One of the biggest challenges associated with exposed core glass optical fiber-based sensing is the availability of techniques that can be used to generate reproducible, homogeneous and stable surface coating. We report a one step, solvent free method for surface functionalization of exposed core glass optical fiber that allows achieving binding of fluorophore of choice for metal ion sensing. The plasma polymerization-based method yielded a homogeneous, reproducible and stable coating, enabling high sensitivity aluminium ion sensing. The sensing platform reported in this manuscript is versatile and can be used to bind different sensing molecules opening new avenues for optical fiber-based sensing.
KW - Aluminium sensing
KW - Exposed core glass optical fibers
KW - Microstructured glass optical fibers
KW - Plasma polymerization
KW - Sensing
KW - Surface functionalization
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/CE140100003
U2 - 10.3390/s19081829
DO - 10.3390/s19081829
M3 - Article
C2 - 30999613
AN - SCOPUS:85065060143
SN - 1424-8220
VL - 19
JO - Sensors (Switzerland)
JF - Sensors (Switzerland)
IS - 8
M1 - 1829
ER -