Thin Chitosan Films for Optical Gas Sensors
2014 ◽
Vol 605
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pp. 536-539
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Keyword(s):
Here we report on fabrication of integrated-optical sensors for relative humidity and ammonia detection based on natural polysaccharide chitosan. The sensing properties of the fabricated sensor to gaseous ammonia are presented. The sensor exhibits a linear response in the range of 1-300 ppm with the response time less than 1 second. It has been shown that 1 μm-thick chitosan-based waveguide film allows highly sensitive detection of RH level.