Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1533312 | Optics Communications | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Fabrication of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) based fiber optic sensor for mercury detection utilizing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)-PVA hybrid as sensing material is reported. Films of citrate capped AuNPs in PVA matrix are prepared and their optical properties are studied. UV-vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Particle size analysis (DLS) are performed to ascertain the formation of Au-NPs. Aqueous Hg2+ sensing of citrate capped gold nanoparticles in PVA matrix are investigated. Further SPR based fiber optic sensor has been fabricated using citrate capped AuNPs-PVA hybrid as sensing material. The detection limit of the proposed sensor is found to be 1 Ã10â6Â M.
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Authors
D. Rithesh Raj, S. Prasanth, T.V. Vineeshkumar, C. Sudarsanakumar,