Abstract
A highly-sensitive fiber-optic urea sensor was designed and experimentally demonstrated based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect and metal-organic zeolite framework (ZIF-8)/urease modification. The SPR effect was excited by plating gold film on the thin core fiber in multimode-thin core-multimode fiber structure, which behaved high refractive index sensitivity. The ZIF-8/urease composite film was grown on the gold film by rapid aqueous phase synthesis method, in which the ZIF-8 could immobilize more urease and made urease and urea fully contact. Since the urease catalyzed urea hydrolysis would change the refractive index, the measurement of urea concentration was realized with high sensitivity and good selectivity. Experimental results showed that the urea measurement sensitivity of the proposed sensor could reach 6 nm/mM within the concentration range of 1-7 mM, which has great application potential in the field of human health monitoring.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
