PMID- 21164823
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110323
LR  - 20181023
IS  - 1094-4087 (Electronic)
IS  - 1094-4087 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 24
DP  - 2010 Nov 22
TI  - Optical detection of volatile organic compounds using selective tensile effects 
      of a polymer-coated fiber Bragg grating.
PG  - 24753-61
LID - 10.1364/OE.18.024753 [doi]
AB  - We demonstrated a novel selective chemical sensing approach by incorporating a 
      poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-coated fiber Bragg grating (FBG) structure for 
      optically detecting various volatile organic compounds (VOC's). When the proposed 
      structure is exposed to a nonpolar solvent, a tensile stress is induced between 
      the coated PDMS and the optical fiber by a VOC-dependent swelling effect of the 
      PDMS, which results in a Bragg wavelength shift dependent on the concentration 
      and the type of VOC's. Because of no need of an etching process of a fiber 
      cladding, the proposed PDMS-coated FBG can be used as a simple, convenient, and 
      durable chemical sensing element with a high sensitivity, compared with 
      conventional FBG sensors requiring an evanescent wave coupling.
FAU - Park, Chang-sub
AU  - Park CS
AD  - Department of Sensor and Display Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 
      Daegu 702-701, Korea.
FAU - Han, Yeonjeong
AU  - Han Y
FAU - Joo, Kyung-Il
AU  - Joo KI
FAU - Lee, Yong Wook
AU  - Lee YW
FAU - Kang, Shin-Won
AU  - Kang SW
FAU - Kim, Hak-Rin
AU  - Kim HR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Opt Express
JT  - Optics express
JID - 101137103
RN  - 0 (Dimethylpolysiloxanes)
RN  - 0 (Volatile Organic Compounds)
SB  - IM
MH  - Dimethylpolysiloxanes/*chemistry
MH  - Fiber Optic Technology/*methods
MH  - *Optical Fibers
MH  - Solubility
MH  - Spectrum Analysis
MH  - *Tensile Strength
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis
EDAT- 2010/12/18 06:00
MHDA- 2011/03/24 06:00
CRDT- 2010/12/18 06:00
PHST- 2010/12/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/12/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/03/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 207218 [pii]
AID - 10.1364/OE.18.024753 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Opt Express. 2010 Nov 22;18(24):24753-61. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.024753.