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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Optical Fiber Sensor for Monitoring the Evaporation of Ethanol-Water Mixtures.

Diana Pereira, Jörg Bierlich, Jens Kobelke, Vanda Pereira, Marta S Ferreira

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors.

Diana Pereirai3N & Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
Jörg BierlichLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology IPHT, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Jens KobelkeLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology IPHT, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Vanda Pereirai3N & Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
Marta S Ferreirai3N & Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1170-7530

Funding

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação M1420-09-5369-FSE-000001CENTRO2020 CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-031568Federal Ministry of Education and Research FKZ: 03RU1U071JFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 57518590Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/EEI-EEE/31568/2017Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/50025/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDP/50025/2020German Academic Exchange Service 57518590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An inline optical fiber sensor is proposed to monitor in real time the evaporation process of ethanol-water binary mixtures. The sensor presents two interferometers, a cladding modal interferometer (CMI) and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). The CMI is used to acquire the variations in the external medium refractive index, presenting a maximum sensitivity of 387 nm/RIU, and to attain the variation in the sample concentration profile, while the MZI monitors temperature fluctuations. For comparison purposes, an image analysis is also conducted to obtain the droplet profile. The sensor proposed in this work is a promising alternative in applications where a rigorous measurement of volatile organic compound concentrations is required, and in the study of chemical and physical properties related to the evaporation process.

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binary mixturecladding modal interferenceethanol concentrationevaporationhollow square-core fiberMach–Zehnder interference

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