All Silica Micro-Fluidic Flow Injection Sensor System for Colorimetric Chemical Sensing

This paper presents a miniature, all-silica, flow-injection sensor. The sensor consists of an optical fiber-coupled microcell for spectral absorption measurements and a microfluidic reagent injection system. The proposed sensor operates in back reflection mode and, with its compact dimensions, (no m...

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Main Authors: Vedran Budinski, Denis Donlagic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/12/4082
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spelling doaj-96f0b3893afa495bb530f6c72f9d2d3d2021-07-01T00:07:25ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-06-01214082408210.3390/s21124082All Silica Micro-Fluidic Flow Injection Sensor System for Colorimetric Chemical SensingVedran Budinski0Denis Donlagic1Laboratory for Electro Optics and Sensor Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Koroska Cesta 46, 2000 Maribor, SloveniaLaboratory for Electro Optics and Sensor Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Koroska Cesta 46, 2000 Maribor, SloveniaThis paper presents a miniature, all-silica, flow-injection sensor. The sensor consists of an optical fiber-coupled microcell for spectral absorption measurements and a microfluidic reagent injection system. The proposed sensor operates in back reflection mode and, with its compact dimensions, (no more than 200 µm in diameter) enables operation in small spaces and at very low flow rates of analyte and reagent, thus allowing for on-line or in-line colorimetric chemical sensing.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/12/4082optical fiber sensorspectral absorption microcellcolorimetry
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author Vedran Budinski
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All Silica Micro-Fluidic Flow Injection Sensor System for Colorimetric Chemical Sensing
Sensors
optical fiber sensor
spectral absorption microcell
colorimetry
author_facet Vedran Budinski
Denis Donlagic
author_sort Vedran Budinski
title All Silica Micro-Fluidic Flow Injection Sensor System for Colorimetric Chemical Sensing
title_short All Silica Micro-Fluidic Flow Injection Sensor System for Colorimetric Chemical Sensing
title_full All Silica Micro-Fluidic Flow Injection Sensor System for Colorimetric Chemical Sensing
title_fullStr All Silica Micro-Fluidic Flow Injection Sensor System for Colorimetric Chemical Sensing
title_full_unstemmed All Silica Micro-Fluidic Flow Injection Sensor System for Colorimetric Chemical Sensing
title_sort all silica micro-fluidic flow injection sensor system for colorimetric chemical sensing
publisher MDPI AG
series Sensors
issn 1424-8220
publishDate 2021-06-01
description This paper presents a miniature, all-silica, flow-injection sensor. The sensor consists of an optical fiber-coupled microcell for spectral absorption measurements and a microfluidic reagent injection system. The proposed sensor operates in back reflection mode and, with its compact dimensions, (no more than 200 µm in diameter) enables operation in small spaces and at very low flow rates of analyte and reagent, thus allowing for on-line or in-line colorimetric chemical sensing.
topic optical fiber sensor
spectral absorption microcell
colorimetry
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/12/4082
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