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Chemical Sensors in Plastic Optical Fibers

Authors:
Luigi Zeni
Maria Pesavento
Nunzio Cennamo

Keywords: plastic optical fibers; chemical sensors; molecularly imprinted polymers; optical fiber sensors

Abstract:
Plastic Optical Fibers (POFs) are especially advantageous due to their excellent flexibility, simple manufacturing and handling procedures, great numerical aperture, large diameter, and the fact that plastic is able to withstand smaller bend radii than glass. Sensors based on POFs and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) are presented in the selective detection of different analytes. The developed POF-MIP sensors represent a simple approach to low-cost sensing. In this work we have recalled a chemical sensor for furfural (2-FAL) detection in power transformer insulating oil, with a Limit Of Detection (LOD) of about 4µM

Pages: 36 to 39

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: September 16, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3514

ISBN: 978-1-61208-660-6

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from September 16, 2018 to September 20, 2018