Optical fibre turn-on sensor for the detection of mercury based on immobilized fluorophore
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem; Shuai Ruan; Yinlan Ruan
- Source
- Measurement. 121:122-126
- Subject
- Fluorophore
Optical fiber
Analytical chemistry
chemistry.chemical_element
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
Dip-coating
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
law
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Instrumentation
Detection limit
Multi-mode optical fiber
Aqueous solution
Applied Mathematics
respiratory system
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
Fluorescence
respiratory tract diseases
0104 chemical sciences
Mercury (element)
chemistry
0210 nano-technology
- Language
- ISSN
- 0263-2241
A mercury optical fiber dip sensor was developed by immobilizing Rhod-5N on a multimode fiber endface by silica sol-gel. The detection limit was 0.3 ppb with the dye in aqueous condition and 25 ppb when it was immobilized on fiber tips.