Integrated optical pH sensor using replicated chirped grating coupler sensor chips

Autor: J. Dübendorfer, Rino E. Kunz, G. Jobst, Gerald Urban, Isabella Moser
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 50:210-219
ISSN: 0925-4005
DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4005(98)00238-x
Popis: Integrated optical sensor chips suitable for high-resolution pH measurements are presented. The pH-sensitive swelling of a polymer membrane is detected by refractometry using a compact multi-channel sensor module. The signal transduction is achieved by means of chirped grating couplers which allow simple yet high functionality sensor modules to be built. The experiments have been performed with high sensitivity replicated polycarbonate TiO2 waveguide sensor chips coated with an ultrathin photopatterned hydrogel membrane having functional groups which reversibly change from the neutral state to a charged state upon acidification. A resolution δpH
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