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Fiber-Tip Polymer Microcantilever for Fast and Highly Sensitive Hydrogen Measurement

Xiong, Cong
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Zhou, Jiangtao  
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Liao, Changrui
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July 22, 2020
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Hydrogen as an antioxidant gas has been widely used in the medical and biological fields for preventing cancer or treating inflammation. However, controlling the hydrogen concentration is crucial for practical use due to its explosive property when its volume concentration in air reaches the explosive limit (4%). In this work, a polymer-based microcantilever (mu-cantilever) hydrogen sensor located at the end of a fiber tip is proposed to detect the hydrogen concentration in medical and biological applications. The proposed sensor was developed using femtosecond laser-induced two-photon polymerization (TPP) to print the polymer mu-cantilever and magnetron sputtering to coat a palladium (Pd) film on the upper surface of the mu-cantilever. Such a device exhibits a high sensitivity, roughly -2 nm %(-1) when the hydrogen concentration rises from 0% to 4.5% (v/v) and a short response time, around 13.5 s at 4% (v/v), making it suitable for medical and environmental applications. In addition to providing an ultracompact optical solution for fast and highly sensitive hydrogen measurement, the polymer mu-cantilever fiber sensor can be used for diverse medical and biological sensing applications by replacing Pd with other functional materials.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acsami.0c06179
Web of Science ID

WOS:000555417200096

Author(s)
Xiong, Cong
Zhou, Jiangtao  
Liao, Changrui
Zhu, Meng
Wang, Ying
Liu, Shen
Li, Chi
Zhang, Yunfang
Zhao, Yuanyuan
Gan, Zongsong
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Date Issued

2020-07-22

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Published in
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Volume

12

Issue

29

Start page

33163

End page

33172

Subjects

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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optical fiber sensor

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hydrogen measurement

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microcantilever

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palladium film

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femtosecond laser micromachining

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two-photon polymerization

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femtosecond laser

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sensor

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interferometer

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resonance

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energy

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spectroscopy

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performance

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modulation

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micro

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film

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