Self-referenced optical fiber sensor based on LSPR generated by gold and silver nanoparticles embedded in layer-by-layer nanostructured coatings

In this work, an optical fiber sensor based on the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) phenomenon has been designed for the detection of two different chemical species (mercury and hydrogen peroxide) by using Layer-by-Layer Embedding (LbL-E) as a nanofabrication technique. In the first step,...

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Autores: Martínez Hernández, María Elena, Goicoechea Fernández, Javier, Rivero Fuente, Pedro J., Sandúa Fernández, Xabier, Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/43382
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/43382
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fiber optic sensor
Gold nanoparticles
Hydrogen peroxide
Layer-by-Layer Embedding
Localized surface plasmon resonance
Mercury
Silver nanoparticles
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Sumario:In this work, an optical fiber sensor based on the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) phenomenon has been designed for the detection of two different chemical species (mercury and hydrogen peroxide) by using Layer-by-Layer Embedding (LbL-E) as a nanofabrication technique. In the first step, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been synthesized by using a chemical protocol as a function of the strict control of three main parameters, which were polyelectrolyte concentration, a loading agent, and a reducing agent. In the second step, their incorporation into nanometric thin films have been demonstrated as a function of the number of bilayers, which shows two well-located absorption peaks associated to their LSPR in the visible region at 420 nm (AgNPs) and 530 nm (AuNPs). Finally, both plasmonic peaks provide a stable real-time reference measurement, which can be extracted from the spectral response of the optical fiber sensor, which shows a specific sensing mechanism as a function of the analyte of study.