Chemical sensors based on SPR in a Plastic Optical Fiber: Simultaneous detection of Fe(III) and Cu(II)

Author

Cennamo, Nunzio ; Zeni, Luigi ; Alberti, G. ; Biesuz, R. ; D´Agostino, G. ; Merli, Dominik ; Pesavento, Marius ; Profumo, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Inf. Eng., Second Univ. of Naples, Aversa, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

12-14 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this work we present a multichannel chemical sensor based on Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) in a Plastic Optical Fiber (POF), for the detection of metal ions. The SPR sensing platform was realized removing the cladding of a plastic optical fiber along half circumference, spin coating on the exposed core a buffer of Microposit S1813 photoresist, and finally sputtering a thin gold film by using a sputtering machine. The planar gold layer can be employed for the preparation of a Self Assembled Monolayer (SAM) with specific binding receptor. In the present study two different ligands for Fe(III) and Cu(II) are linked on the gold surface obtaining two SAM-POF sensors.

Keywords

chemical sensors; copper; fibre optic sensors; gold; iron; monolayers; photoresists; self-assembly; spin coating; surface plasmon resonance; thin film sensors; Cu; Fe; Microposit S1813 photoresist; POF; SAM; SPR; binding receptor; metal ions detection; multichannel chemical sensor; planar gold layer; plastic optical fiber; self assembled monolayer; spin coating; sputtering machine; surface plasmon resonance; thin gold film; Integrated optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; D,L-penicillamine; Deferoxamine; Plastic Optical Fiber; Self Assembled Monolayer; Surface Plasmon Resonance; copper(II); iron(III);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Technologies, 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on

Conference_Location

Naples

Print_ISBN

978-8-8872-3718-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843896

Filename

6843896