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 …

Review of open cavity random lasers as laser-based sensors

AN Azmi, WZ Wan Ismail, H Abu Hassan, MM Halim… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this review, the concept of open cavity lasing for ultrasensitive sensing is explored,
specifically in driving important innovations as laser-based biosensors─ a field mostly …

ZnO nanorods coated single-mode–multimode–single-mode optical fiber sensor for VOC biomarker detection

K Swargiary, P Metem, C Kulatumyotin, S Thaneerat… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work demonstrated a ZnO-coated optical fiber sensor for the detection of a volatile
organic compound (VOC) biomarker for diabetes for detecting isopropanol (IPA) markers. A …

Effect of annealing process in tuning of defects in ZnO nanorods and their application in UV photodetectors

A Khayatian, MA Kashi, R Azimirad, S Safa… - Optik, 2016 - Elsevier
ZnO nanorod (NR) arrays were grown by a simple two-step chemical bath deposition
method. The as-deposited NRs were then annealed at different temperatures (300, 400 and …

Broad range and highly sensitive optical pH sensor based on Hierarchical ZnO microflowers over tapered silica fiber

AK Pathak, DK Chaudhary, VK Singh - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2018 - Elsevier
In present work we report the fabrication and characterization of optical fiber pH sensor
using smart hydrogel coating over Zinc Oxide (ZnO) microflowers. ZnO microflowers were …

A fiber-endface, fabry–perot vapor microsensor fabricated by multiphoton polymerization

V Melissinaki, M Farsari… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Fabry-Perot micro-optical sensing resonator fabricated by direct laser writing on the
endface of a standard telecom fiber is demonstrated. This endface optical fiber sensing …

Fast response relative humidity clad-modified multimode optical fiber sensor with hydrothermally dimension controlled ZnO nanorods

S Azad, E Sadeghi, R Parvizi, A Mazaheri - Materials Science in …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work investigates the growth of dense and well-aligned Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanostructure
on multimode optical fiber through low temperature hydrothermal technique and its …

ZnO nanostructures coated no-core fiber refractive index sensor

M Chauhan, VK Singh - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
The combination of optical fibers with nanostructured films deposition offers potential
opportunities and perspectives for the realization of novel optical sensors. A refractive index …

Ultraviolet sensing characteristics of Ag-doped ZnO micro-nano fiber

T Shen, J Wang, Z Xia, X Dai, B Li, Y Feng - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2020 - Elsevier
Different concentrations of Ag-doped ZnO micro-nano fiber ultraviolet sensors were
successfully prepared by hydrothermal method. The effects of different concentrations of Ag …

Low-cost integrated zinc oxide nanorod-based humidity sensors for arduino platform

HHM Yusof, SW Harun, K Dimyati, T Bora… - IEEE Sensors …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Realization of a simple integrated and low-cost intensity modulation/direct detection-based
humidity and vapor detection system utilizing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods as the active …