A review on all-optical fiber-based VOC sensors: Heading towards the development of promising technology

AK Pathak, C Viphavakit - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022 - Elsevier
The direct exposure of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is widely related to several
adverse health effects. Therefore, an accurate amount of its usage is necessary required …

Recent advances in sensing materials targeting clinical volatile organic compound (VOC) biomarkers: a review

AK Pathak, K Swargiary, N Kongsawang, P Jitpratak… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
In general, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have a high vapor pressure at room
temperature (RT). It has been reported that all humans generate unique VOC profiles in their …

Micro-optics for microfluidic analytical applications

H Yang, MAM Gijs - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review summarizes the developments in the integration of micro-optical
elements with microfluidic platforms for facilitating detection and automation of bio-analytical …

A review of optical interferometry techniques for VOC detection

S Khan, S Le Calvé, D Newport - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is widely associated with adverse health
effects. Detection and monitoring of VOCs are important for maintaining safe and healthy …

Signal-enhanced multi-core fiber-based WaveFlex biosensor for ultra-sensitive xanthine detection

Q Fu, Y Xie, F Gao, W Zhu, X Lang, R Singh… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In this work, we introduce a novel multimode fiber (MMF)–seven core fiber (SCF)–MMF
(MCM) optical fiber biosensor, also known as the WaveFlex biosensor (plasma wave …

Recent advances in the enhanced sensing performance of zeolite-based materials

GTM Kadja, NTU Culsum, S Mardiana… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sensor materials shall ideally demonstrate high sensitivity, accurate selectivity, and long
durability. However, discovering such materials that simultaneously match industrial …

Optical fiber sensor based on a cholesteric liquid crystal film for mixed VOC sensing

Y Yang, D Zhou, X Liu, Y Liu, S Liu, P Miao, Y Shi… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
This paper proposes a novel cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) film–based dual-probe fiber
sensor to monitor volatile organic compound (VOC) gas. The sensor consists of a 2× 2 …

Tapered MMF sensor fabrication using SnO2-NPs for alcohol sensing application

M Chauhan, VK Singh - Optical Fiber Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal oxide coated fiber optic sensor is proposed and experimentally characterized for
alcohol sensing. The sensor probe design is based on the cladding removed methodology …

All-fiber-optic VOC gas sensor based on side-polished fiber wavelength selectively coupled with cholesteric liquid crystal film

J Tang, J Fang, Y Liang, B Zhang, Y Luo, X Liu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the work, a cholesteric liquid crystal film coated side polished fiber (CLCFC-SPF) is
demonstrated to sense the volatile organic compound (VOC) gas. In the CLCFC-SPF, the …

Volatile organic compound sensor based on PDMS coated Fabry–Perot interferometer with Vernier effect

C Zhao, F Han, Y Li, B Mao, J Kang… - IEEE Sensors …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor based on poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)
coated Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) with Vernier effect was experimentally …