• DocumentCode
    610703
  • Title

    U-bend fiber optic sensor using 6-mercaptonicotinic acid (6-MNA) functionalized gold nanoparticles for detection of explosives RDX and TNT

  • Author

    Bharadwaj, Richa ; Mukherji, Soumyo ; Mukherji, Soumyo

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Res. in Nanotechnol. & Sci., Indian Inst. of Technol. Bombay, Mumbai, India
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    9-12 Dec. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Gold nanoparticle coated U-bend fiber probe of 200 μm core diameter and bend radius 0.75 mm, functionalized with 6-mercaptonicotinic acid was used for direct detection of vapors of explosives RDX and TNT without preconcentration.
  • Keywords
    fibre optic sensors; gold; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; nanosensors; organic compounds; 6-MNA; 6-mercaptonicotinic acid; Au; U-bend fiber optic sensor; explosive RDX detection; explosive TNT detection; gold nanoparticles; radius 0.75 mm; size 200 mum;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chennai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4718-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6545720