Characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol–gel film
Introduction: Based on microfibers with sol–gel film, this study focuses on developing an organic contaminant sensing device to monitor airborne organic contamination in high-power laser facilities.Methods: The device heightened the sensitivity to the external environment with the nano-structure of...
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| author | Xinxiang Miao Guorui Zhou Jiaxuan Chen Qihua Zhu Yuhai Li Xiaodong Jiang Haibing Lv Caizhen Yao Yilan Jiang Longfei Niu Siheng Xiang |
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| description | Introduction: Based on microfibers with sol–gel film, this study focuses on developing an organic contaminant sensing device to monitor airborne organic contamination in high-power laser facilities.Methods: The device heightened the sensitivity to the external environment with the nano-structure of sol–gel on the microfiber surface. The relationship between the additional laser transmission power loss caused by contaminants and the filling rate of the porosity of the film was discussed. In addition, we obtained the relationship between the additional loss and the refractive index of the microstructure.Results: The experimental results indicated that employing microfibers with microstructure coating could significantly improve sensing sensitivity to airborne organic contaminants. The precision of sensing surface contaminants can reach ng/cm2. When the concentration of organic contaminants is lower than 7.5%, the adsorption process of the microstructure coating is dominated by single-molecule adsorption, and the additional loss increases exponentially with increasing concentration, while the sensing limit is 70 ppm. When the concentration of organic contaminants exceeds 7.5%, the adsorption process of the surface microstructure coating is dominated by multimolecular adsorption. Therefore, the additional loss is exponentially related to the concentration of airborne organic contaminants, while the sensing limit is 10 ppm.Discussion: The study explored the adsorption mechanism of the sol–gel film to airborne organic contaminants at different concentrations. The Langmuir monolayer adsorption isotherm model and the Freundlich multi-molecular layer adsorption isotherm model was adopted to analyze and verify the experimental results, which suggested that the experimental results agree well with the simulation results. This work can be considered for in situ monitoring of airborne concentration contaminants and the transmittance of optics with the sol–gel film, and it also provides a new research method for in situ monitoring of airborne organic contaminants in the vacuum environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52d55db771bc40b0a9fc230019cc51032023-07-28T11:04:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2023-07-011110.3389/fphy.2023.11642971164297Characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol–gel filmXinxiang Miao0Guorui Zhou1Jiaxuan Chen2Qihua Zhu3Yuhai Li4Xiaodong Jiang5Haibing Lv6Caizhen Yao7Yilan Jiang8Longfei Niu9Siheng Xiang10Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaLaser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaCenter for Precision Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaLaser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaCenter for Precision Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaLaser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaLaser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaLaser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaLaser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaLaser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaLaser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, ChinaIntroduction: Based on microfibers with sol–gel film, this study focuses on developing an organic contaminant sensing device to monitor airborne organic contamination in high-power laser facilities.Methods: The device heightened the sensitivity to the external environment with the nano-structure of sol–gel on the microfiber surface. The relationship between the additional laser transmission power loss caused by contaminants and the filling rate of the porosity of the film was discussed. In addition, we obtained the relationship between the additional loss and the refractive index of the microstructure.Results: The experimental results indicated that employing microfibers with microstructure coating could significantly improve sensing sensitivity to airborne organic contaminants. The precision of sensing surface contaminants can reach ng/cm2. When the concentration of organic contaminants is lower than 7.5%, the adsorption process of the microstructure coating is dominated by single-molecule adsorption, and the additional loss increases exponentially with increasing concentration, while the sensing limit is 70 ppm. When the concentration of organic contaminants exceeds 7.5%, the adsorption process of the surface microstructure coating is dominated by multimolecular adsorption. Therefore, the additional loss is exponentially related to the concentration of airborne organic contaminants, while the sensing limit is 10 ppm.Discussion: The study explored the adsorption mechanism of the sol–gel film to airborne organic contaminants at different concentrations. The Langmuir monolayer adsorption isotherm model and the Freundlich multi-molecular layer adsorption isotherm model was adopted to analyze and verify the experimental results, which suggested that the experimental results agree well with the simulation results. This work can be considered for in situ monitoring of airborne concentration contaminants and the transmittance of optics with the sol–gel film, and it also provides a new research method for in situ monitoring of airborne organic contaminants in the vacuum environment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1164297/fullmicrofiberairborne organic contaminantssol–gel filmenvironment monitoringadsorption mechanism |
| spellingShingle | Xinxiang Miao Guorui Zhou Jiaxuan Chen Qihua Zhu Yuhai Li Xiaodong Jiang Haibing Lv Caizhen Yao Yilan Jiang Longfei Niu Siheng Xiang Characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol–gel film Frontiers in Physics microfiber airborne organic contaminants sol–gel film environment monitoring adsorption mechanism |
| title | Characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol–gel film |
| title_full | Characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol–gel film |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol–gel film |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol–gel film |
| title_short | Characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol–gel film |
| title_sort | characterization of an airborne organic contaminant sensor based on microfibers with sol gel film |
| topic | microfiber airborne organic contaminants sol–gel film environment monitoring adsorption mechanism |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1164297/full |
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