A review on all-optical fiber-based VOC sensors: Heading towards the development of promising technology

AK Pathak, C Viphavakit - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022 - Elsevier
The direct exposure of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is widely related to several
adverse health effects. Therefore, an accurate amount of its usage is necessary required …

Fiber optic volatile organic compound gas sensors: A review

Y Zhao, Y Liu, B Han, M Wang, Q Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic, and can
have serious effects on human health and the ecological environment. Therefore, the …

Chronology of Fabry-Perot interferometer fiber-optic sensors and their applications: a review

MR Islam, MM Ali, MH Lai, KS Lim, H Ahmad - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Optical fibers have been involved in the area of sensing applications for more than four
decades. Moreover, interferometric optical fiber sensors have attracted broad interest for …

Recent advances in sensing materials targeting clinical volatile organic compound (VOC) biomarkers: a review

AK Pathak, K Swargiary, N Kongsawang, P Jitpratak… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
In general, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have a high vapor pressure at room
temperature (RT). It has been reported that all humans generate unique VOC profiles in their …

A review of optical interferometry techniques for VOC detection

S Khan, S Le Calvé, D Newport - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is widely associated with adverse health
effects. Detection and monitoring of VOCs are important for maintaining safe and healthy …

Optical MEMS: From micromirrors to complex systems

O Solgaard, AA Godil, RT Howe, LP Lee… - Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology, and surface micromachining in
particular, have led to the development of miniaturized optical devices with a substantial …

Advancements in miniaturized infrared spectroscopic-based volatile organic compound sensors: A systematic review

L **a, Y Liu, RT Chen, B Weng, Y Zou - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The global trends of urbanization and industrialization have given rise to critical
environmental and air pollution issues that often receive insufficient attention. Among the …

Monolithic silicon‐micromachined free‐space optical interferometers onchip

YM Sabry, D Khalil, T Bourouina - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of microactuators within a silicon photonic chip gave rise to the field of
optical micro‐electro‐mechanical systems (MEMS) that was originally driven by the …

Multiplexable intrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometric fiber sensors for multipoint hydrogen gas monitoring

R Cao, Y Yang, M Wang, X Yi, J Wu, S Huang… - Optics letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
This Letter presents an approach to produce multiplexable optical fiber chemical sensor
using an intrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer (IFPI) array via the femtosecond laser direct …

Detection of volatile organic compounds using microwave sensors

MH Zarifi, A Sohrabi, PM Shaibani… - IEEE Sensors …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A microwave (MW)-based sensing platform for detection of acetone vapor is demonstrated.
The sensing platform comprises of an MW resonator coated with a thin layer of …