A silver nanoparticle-modified evanescent field optical fiber sensor for methylene blue detection

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3986-3997

  Luo, Ji ^a   Yao, Jun ^a   Lu, Yonggang ^b   Ma, Wenying ^c   Zhuang, Xuye ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d East China Institute of Optoelectronic Integrated Devices   (China)

Author keywords

Evanescent field optical fiber sensors; MEMS microchannel chip; Methylene blue detection; Sensitivity; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; EVANESCENT FIELDS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOPARTICLES; SENSORS;

METHYLENE BLUE; MICROCHANNEL CHIPS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; SENSITIVITY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

EID: 84875528209     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130303986     Document Type: Article

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