Title | Carbon nanotubes-based optical sensor for hydrogen detection at cryogenic temperature |
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Publication Type | Presentazione a Congresso |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Consales, M., Campopiano S., Cutolo A., Penza Michele, Aversa Patrizia, Cassano Gennaro, Giordano M., Guemes A., and Cusano A. |
Conference Name | Proceedings of the 3rd European Workshop - Structural Health Monitoring 2006 |
Conference Location | Granada |
Keywords | Analyte molecules, Complex dielectric constant, Cryogenic temperatures, Gaseous hydrogen, Hydrogen, Hydrogen detection, Low temperature testing, Optical configurations, Optical fibers, Sensitive layers, Sensitive materials, Silica, Silica optical fibers, Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCN) |
Abstract | In this contribution, preliminary results on the capability of Silica Optical Fiber (SOF) sensors, coated by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) based sensitive material, to perform hydrogen detection at cryogenic temperatures are presented. The optical configuration exploited is the one of a low finesse Fabry-Perot interferometer, with a thin films of SWCNTs deposited onto the distal end of standard optical fibers [1,2]. Changes in the thickness and complex dielectric constant of the sensitive layer as a consequence of its interaction with the analyte molecules lead to changes in the fiber-film reflectance, indicating the presence of hydrogen in the test ambient. Preliminary results obtained from hydrogen detection testing, carried out at a temperature as low as -160°C (113 K), demonstrate the excellent potentiality of the proposed configuration to sense very low percentages of gaseous hydrogen (<5%). |
URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33846405193&partnerID=40&md5=4474ea734434cafae7c12253b5df7f59 |
Citation Key | Consales2006898 |