Fiber optic pH sensor with self-assembled polymer multilayer nanocoatings

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1425-1434

  Shao, Li Yang ^a,b   Yin, Ming Jie ^b   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^b   Albert, Jacques ^c  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensor; Layer by layer self assembly; Multilayer film; pH sensor; Tilted fiber Bragg grating

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC SELF ASSEMBLY; ELECTROSTATIC SELF-ASSEMBLY MULTILAYERS; LAYER BY LAYER SELF ASSEMBLY; POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); POLYACRYLIC ACIDS; POLYMER MULTILAYERS; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTROSTATICS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SELF ASSEMBLY; SENSORS;

PH SENSORS;

EID: 84875175464     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130201425     Document Type: Article

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