5.2.5 Polymer Optical Fibers as Gas Sensors
- Event
- 14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors - IMCS 2012
2012-05-20 - 2012-05-23
Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany - Chapter
- 5.2 Novel Sensing Principles
- Author(s)
- Pages
- 448 - 449
- DOI
- 10.5162/IMCS2012/5.2.5
- ISBN
- 978-3-9813484-2-2
- Price
- free
Abstract
Gas sensors based on optical fibers are attractive alternatives to the presently available sensors. Integration of sensor fibers into protective clothing would significantly increase sensor wearability. We present a gas sensing polymer optical fiber (POF) that is flexible enough to be stitched into textiles. Also, the polymer is UV-transparent to allow for fluorescent dyes. By using a porous sol-gel matrix, response times down to 1 s were achieved.