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SWCNTs-based nanocomposites as sensitive coatings for advanced fiber optic chemical nanosensors

TitoloSWCNTs-based nanocomposites as sensitive coatings for advanced fiber optic chemical nanosensors
Tipo di pubblicazionePresentazione a Congresso
Anno di Pubblicazione2008
AutoriConsales, M., Crescitelli A., Penza Michele, Aversa Patrizia, Giordano M., Cutolo A., and Cusano A.
Conference NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Conference LocationStrasbourg
Parole chiaveAnalyte molecules, Cadmium, Carbon carbon composites, Carbon fiber reinforced plastics, Carbon nanotubes, Chemical sensors, Chemical traces, Chemical-, Chemo-sensors, Concentration (process), Fiber optic, Fiber optic sensors, Fiber optics, Fiber technology, Fibers, Geometrical features, Langmuir-Blodgett techniques, Liquid environments, Nano-scale coatings, Nanocomposites, Nanostructured materials, nanotechnology, Optical fiber sensors, Optical fibers, Optical materials, Optical sensors, Optical-, Reflectance measurements, Room temperature chemical detection, Room-temperature detection, Sensing layers, Sensitive coatings, Sensors, Single-walled carbon nanotubes, Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCN), standards, SWCNTs nanocomposites
Abstract

In this work, the feasibility of exploiting novel Cadmium Arachidate (CdA)/single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) based composites as sensitive coatings for the development of robust and high performances optoelectronic chemosensors able to work in liquid environments has been investigated and proved. Here, nano-composite sensing layers have been transferred upon the distal end of standard optical fibers by the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. Reflectance measurements have been carried out to monitor ppm concentration of chemicals in water through the changes in the optical and geometrical features of the sensing overlay induced by the interaction with the analyte molecules. Preliminary experimental results evidence that such nanoscale coatings integrated with the optical fiber technology offers great potentialities for the room temperature detection of chemical traces in water and lead to significant improvements of the traditional fiber optic sensors based on SWCNTs layers.

URLhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-50249156420&doi=10.1117%2f12.781367&partnerID=40&md5=99570106fdaa8469083ea0de5bd957b3
DOI10.1117/12.781367
Citation KeyConsales2008