| Issue |
J. Eur. Opt. Soc.-Rapid Publ.
Volume 13, Number 1, 2017
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| Article Number | 28 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41476-017-0056-6 | |
| Published online | 16 October 2017 | |
Research
Increased sensitivity of Au-Pd nanolayer on tapered optical fiber sensor for detecting aqueous Ethanol
1
Wireless and Photonics Network Research Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
2
Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
3
Communication Technology Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur-British Malaysia Institute, 53100 GOMBAK, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Received:
30
May
2017
Accepted:
5
October
2017
Background: Optical fiber sensors gains popularity as an alternative and a better solution compared to its electronics counterpart. Especially in detecting hazardous materials, optical fiber sensors prove to have many advantages such as miniaturization, remote yet real-time sensing and immune to electromagnetics interference.
Methods: In this paper, we used a 40um tapered standard multi-mode fiber coated with gold (Au), palladium (Pd) and mixtures of Au-Pd nano-composites to detect hazardous ethanol in its various concentration in aqueous environment. Interrogation were made possible using UV-VIS light source, and changes in absorbance and intensity were recorded via spectrometer.
Results and Conclusion: Ethanol ranging from 20% till 100% were investigated. It was found that the composition of nanomaterial coating on the developed sensors strongly affected the sensing performance. From the experiments carried out, the sensor with a gold palladium nanocomposite layer with a 2: 1 ratio of gold to palladium produced the highest sensitivity, which is 0.74/vol% concentration of Ethanol. The fabricated fiber sensor also exhibits fast response and recovery time of 13 s and 6 s respectively.
Key words: Nanoparticles / Optical sensors / Ethanol concentration / Gold / Palladium
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