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Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8 (2018)
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An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) based volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor coated with ZIF-8, a material from the zeolite imidazolate framework (ZIF) family, functional coating is presented. ZIF-8 film was deposited onto the surface of t... Read More about Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8.

Carbon dioxide measurements using long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework HKUST-1 (2017)
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An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) based carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor coated with HKUST-1, a material from the metal organic framework family, functional coating is presented. In-situ crystallization and layer by layer (LbL) techniques of HKUS... Read More about Carbon dioxide measurements using long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework HKUST-1.

Polymeric optical fibre sensor coated by SiO2 nanoparticles for humidity sensing in the skin microenvironment (2017)
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The sensitivity of a low-cost polymeric optical fibre humidity sensor based on transmittance changes due to evanescent wave absorption is reported using test measurements in an environmental chamber and of the skin. The layer-by-layer method was used... Read More about Polymeric optical fibre sensor coated by SiO2 nanoparticles for humidity sensing in the skin microenvironment.

Simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements in a mechanical ventilator using an optical fibre sensor (2016)
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An optical fibre sensor for simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements consisting of one fibre Bragg grating (FBG) to measure temperature and a mesoporous film of bilayers of Poly(allylamine hydrochloride)(PAH) and silica (SiO2) nanoparticles... Read More about Simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements in a mechanical ventilator using an optical fibre sensor.

Characterization and use of a fiber optic sensor based on PAH/SiO2 film for humidity sensing in ventilator care equipment (2016)
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Objective: To develop a compact probe that can be used to monitor humidity in ventilator care equipment. A mesoporous film of alternate layers of Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and silica (SiO2) nanoparticles (bilayers), deposited onto an optic... Read More about Characterization and use of a fiber optic sensor based on PAH/SiO2 film for humidity sensing in ventilator care equipment.

A long period grating optical fiber sensor with nano-assembled porphyrin layers for detecting ammonia gas (2016)
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In this study, the ability of a long period grating (LPG) optical fiber sensor coated with a multilayer film of poly(diallyldimethyammonium chloride) (PDDA) and tetrakis(4-sulfophenyl)porphine (TSPP) to detect ammonia gas was demonstrated. The nano-a... Read More about A long period grating optical fiber sensor with nano-assembled porphyrin layers for detecting ammonia gas.