Browsing by Author "Hromadka, J."

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    Metal-organic framework thin films on a surface of optical fibre long period grating for chemical sensing
    (SPIE, 2017-04-23) Hromadka, J.; Tokay, B.; James, Stephen W.; Korposh, Sergiy
    An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) modified with a thin film of HKUST-1, a material from metal organic framework (MOF) family, was employed for the detection of carbon dioxide. The sensing mechanism is based on the measurement of the change of the refractive index (RI) of the coating that is induced by the penetration of CO2 molecules into the HKUST-1 pores. The responses of the resonance bands in the transmission spectrum of an LPG modified with 40 layers of HKUST-1 upon exposure to carbon dioxide in mixture with nitrogen were investigated.
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    Multi-parameter measurements using optical fibre long period gratings for indoor air quality monitoring
    (Elsevier, 2016-12-11) Hromadka, J.; Korposh, Sergiy; Partridge, Matthew; James, Stephen W.; Crump, Derrick; Davis, Frank; Tatam, Ralph P.
    An array of three long period gratings (LPGs) fabricated in a single optical fibre and multiplexed in the wavelength domain was used to measure simultaneously temperature, relative humidity (RH) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are key indoor air quality (IAQ) indicators. Each LPG sensor was designed with optimised response to a particular measurand. The first, with no surface modification, was used to measure temperature. The second, modified by a mesoporous coating of silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs), was used to measure RH and the third, modified with a coating of SiO2 NPs infused with a functional material, p-sulphanatocalix[8]arene (CA[8]), was employed to monitor VOC concentration. The LPGs were fabricated with periods such that they operated at or near the phase matching turning point. The sensors were calibrated in the laboratory and the simultaneous measurement of the key indoor air quality parameters was undertaken in laboratory and office environments. It was demonstrated successfully that the data produced by the LPG sensor array under real conditions was in a good agreement with that produced by commercially available sensors. The average differences between values obtained by the optical fibre sensor and standard temperature and RH sensors were better than 0.5 °C and 5% respectively. Further, the potential application of fibre optic sensors for VOC detection at high concentrations has been demonstrated.
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    Volatile organic compounds sensing using optical fibre long period grating with mesoporous nano-scale coating
    (MDPI, 2017-02-08) Hromadka, J.; Korposh, Sergiy; Partridge, Matthew; James, Stephen W.; Davis, Frank; Crump, Derrick; Tatam, Ralph P.
    A long period grating (LPG) modified with a mesoporous film infused with a calixarene as a functional compound was employed for the detection of individual volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their mixtures. The mesoporous film consisted of an inorganic part, SiO nanoparticles (NPs), along with an organic moiety of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) polycation PAH, which was finally infused with the functional compound, p-sulphanato calix[4]arene (CA[4]) or p-sulphanato calix[8]arene (CA[8]). The LPG sensor was designed to operate at the phase matching turning point to provide the highest sensitivity. The sensing mechanism is based on the measurement of the refractive index (RI) change induced by a complex of the VOCs with calixarene. The LPG, modified with a coating of 5 cycles of (SiO NPs/PAH) and infused with CA[4] or CA[8], was exposed to chloroform, benzene, toluene and acetone vapours. The British Standards test of the VOCs emissions from material (BS EN ISO 16000-9:2006) was used to test the LPG sensor performance.