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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

A Fiber Optic Interferometric Sensor Platform for Determining Gas Diffusivity in Zeolite Films.

Ruidong Yang, Zhi Xu, Shixuan Zeng, Wenheng Jing, Adam Trontz, Junhang Dong

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ruidong YangDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA. yangrg@mail.uc.edu.
Zhi XuDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA. zhi.xu@eng.ox.ac.uk.
Shixuan ZengDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA. zengsn@mail.uc.edu.
Wenheng JingState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing 210009, China. jingwh@njtech.edu.cn.
Adam TrontzDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA. trontzam@mail.uc.edu.
Junhang DongDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA. junhang.dong@uc.edu.

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Abstract

Fiber optic interferometer (FOI) sensors have been fabricated by directly growing pure-silica MFI-type zeolite (i.e., silicalite) films on straight-cut endfaces of single-mode communication optical fibers. The FOI sensor has been demonstrated for determining molecular diffusivity in the zeolite by monitoring the temporal response of light interference from the zeolite film during the dynamic process of gas adsorption. The optical thickness of the zeolite film depends on the amount of gas adsorption that causes the light interference to shift upon loading molecules into the zeolitic channels. Thus, the time-dependence of the optical signal reflected from the coated zeolite film can represent the adsorption uptake curve, which allows computation of the diffusivity using models derived from the Fick’s Law equations. In this study, the diffusivity of isobutane in silicalite has been determined by the new FOI sensing method, and the results are in good agreement with literature values obtained by various conventional macroscopic techniques. The FOI sensor platform, because of its robustness and small size, could be useful for studying molecular diffusion in zeolitic materials under conditions that are inaccessible to the existing techniques.

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fiber optic interferometermolecular diffusivityoptical sensingzeolite film

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PMID29617338
PMCPMC5948780

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