Photonic Sensors, Volume. 1, Issue 3, 234(2011)

Review on Recent Developments of Fluorescent Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Optical Fiber Sensors

Cheng-Shane CHU1, Yu-Lung LO2、*, and Ti-Wen SUNG2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taishan District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, China
  • 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, China
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    Oxygen and carbon dioxide sensors are involved in many chemical and biochemical reactions. Consequently, considerable efforts over years have been devoted to discover and improve suitable techniques for measuring gas concentrations by optical fiber sensors. Optical gas sensors consist of a gas-sensitive dye entrapped in a matrix with a high permeability to gas. With such sensors, gas concentration is evaluated based upon the reduction in luminescence intensity caused by gas quenching of the emitting state. However, the luminescence quenching effect of oxygen is highly sensitive to temperature. Thus, a simple, low-cost plastic optical fiber sensor for dual sensing of temperature and oxygen is presented. Also, a modified Stern-Volmer model is introduced to compensate for the temperature drift while the temperature is obtained by above dual sensor. Recently, we presented highly-sensitive oxygen and dissolved oxygen sensors comprising an optical fiber coated at one end with platinum (II) meso-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (PtTFPP) and PtTFPP entrapped core-shell silica nanoparticles embedded in an n-octyltriethoxysilane(Octyl-triEOS)/tetraethylorthosilane (TEOS) composite xerogel. Also, two-dimensional gas measurement for the distribution of chemical parameters in non-homogeneous samples is developed and is of interest in medical and biological researches.

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    Cheng-Shane CHU, Yu-Lung LO, Ti-Wen SUNG. Review on Recent Developments of Fluorescent Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Optical Fiber Sensors[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2011, 1(3): 234

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    Paper Information

    Category: Review

    Received: Nov. 13, 2010

    Accepted: Feb. 16, 2011

    Published Online: Oct. 24, 2013

    The Author Email: LO Yu-Lung (loyl@mail.ncku.edu.tw)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-011-0025-4

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