• An antibacterial coating based on a polymer/sol-gel hybrid matrix loaded with silver nanoparticles 

      Rivero Fuente, Pedro J. Upna Orcid; Urrutia Azcona, Aitor Upna Orcid; Goicoechea Fernández, Javier Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Springer, 2011)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work a novel antibacterial surface composed of an organic-inorganic hybrid matrix of tetraorthosilicate and a polyelectrolyte is presented. A precursor solution of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and poly(acrylic acid ...
    • Contribución al desarrollo de refractómetros de fibra óptica basados en resonancias de modos con pérdidas 

      Sánchez Zábal, Pedro Upna Orcid (2017)   Tesis doctoral / Doktoretza tesia  OpenAccess
      El desarrollo de nuevos materiales y métodos de deposición a escala nanométrica ha supuesto una auténtica revolución en muchas disciplinas de la investigación. En particular, los recubrimientos nanoestructurados permiten ...
    • Design rules for lossy mode resonance based sensors 

      Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Sánchez Zábal, Pedro Upna Orcid; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos Upna; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2012)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Lossy mode resonances can be obtained in the transmission spectrum of cladding removed multimode optical fiber coated with a thin-film. The sensitivity of these devices to changes in the properties of the coating or the ...
    • Experimental demonstration of lossy mode resonance generation for transverse-magnetic and transverse-electric polarizations 

      Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (Optica Publishing Group, 2013)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      This Letter, presents the fabrication of lossy mode resonance (LMR) devices based on titanium dioxide (TiO2)/ poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) coatings deposited on side-polished D-shaped optical fibers. TiO2 thin ...
    • Experimental study and sensing applications of polarization-dependent lossy mode resonances generated by D-shape coated optical fibers 

      Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2015)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The fabrication and characterization of an optical fiber refractometer based on Lossy Mode Resonances (LMR) is presented. TiO2/ poly (sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) coatings deposited on side-polished D-shaped optical ...
    • Femtomolar detection by nanocoated fiber label-free biosensors 

      Chiavaioli, Francesco; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Giannetti, Ambra; Tombelli, Sara; Trono, Cosimo; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Baldini, Francesco (ACS, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The advent of optical fibre-based biosensors combined with that of nanotechnologies has provided an oppor-tunity for developing in situ, portable, lightweight, versatile and high-performance optical sensing platforms. We ...
    • A fiber optic ammonia sensor using a universal pH indicator 

      Rodríguez Rodríguez, Adolfo Josué; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Cruz, René; May Arrioja, Daniel A. (MDPI, 2014)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A universal pH indicator is used to fabricate a fiber optic ammonia sensor. The advantage of this pH indicator is that it exhibits sensitivity to ammonia over a broad wavelength range. This provides a differential response, ...
    • Fiber-optic lossy mode resonance sensors 

      Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Goicoechea Fernández, Javier Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Rivero Fuente, Pedro J. Upna Orcid; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor Upna Orcid; Urrutia Azcona, Aitor Upna Orcid; Sánchez Zábal, Pedro Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; Acha Morrás, Nerea de Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2014)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      In the last 4 years, experimental evidences about the potential use of optical sensors based on Lossy Mode Resonances (LMR) have been presented in the literature. These LMR sensors have some similarities with Surface ...
    • Gasohol quality control for real time applications by means of a multimode interference fiber sensor 

      Rodríguez Rodríguez, Adolfo Josué; Baldovino Pantaleón, Oscar; Cruz, René; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; May Arrioja, Daniel A. (MDPI, 2014)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work we demonstrate efficient quality control of a variety of gasoline and ethanol (gasohol) blends using a multimode interference (MMI) fiber sensor. The operational principle relies on the fact that the addition ...
    • Generation of lossy mode resonances by deposition of high-refractive-index coatings on uncladded multimode optical fibers 

      Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Sánchez Zábal, Pedro Upna Orcid; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos Upna; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2010)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A comparative study of lossy mode resonances generated by depositing two different materials is presented. The two materials selected are indium tin oxide (ITO) and indium oxide. The two materials present different ...
    • Generation of lossy mode resonances with absorbing thin-films 

      Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2010)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The generation of lossy mode resonances with absorbing thin-films is analyzed with electromagnetic theory. The main differences with surface plasmon resonances are presented and some rules are given towards an optimum ...
    • Generation of surface plasmon resonance and lossy mode resonance by thermal treatment of ITO thin-films 

      Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Sánchez Zábal, Pedro Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2014)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Silicon wafers coated with IndiumTinOxide (ITO) by application of sputtering technique have been characterized after different post-annealing techniques, showing that this last factor is critical for the quality of the ...
    • Giant sensitivity of optical fiber sensors by means of lossy moderesonance 

      Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2016)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Here we show an optical refractometer with a giant sensitivity of 304,360 nm per refractive index unit(nm/RIU). This sensitivity corresponds to a resolution of 3.28 × 10−9RIU if a standard optical spectrumanalyzer with a ...
    • High sensitive and selective C-reactive protein detection by means of lossy mode resonance based optical fiber devices 

      Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Sánchez Zábal, Pedro Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2017)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      This work presents the development of high sensitive, selective, fast and reusable C-reactive protein (CRP) aptasensors. This novel approach takes advantage of the utilization of high sensitive refractometers based on ...
    • High sensitive refractometers based on lossy mode resonances (LMRs) supported by ITO coated D-shaped optical fibers 

      Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2015)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Tin doped indium oxide (ITO) coatings fabricated onto D-shaped optical fibers are presented as the supporting medium for Lossy Mode Resonances (LMRs) generation. The characteristic geometry of ITO-coated D-shaped optical ...
    • Is there a frontier in sensitivity with lossy mode resonance (LMR) based refractometers? 

      Ozcariz Celaya, Aritz Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A tin dioxide thin layer has been studied in order to improve the sensitivity of lossy mode resonances (LMR) based sensors. The effects of the thin film thickness and the polarization of light in a SnO2 coated D-shaped ...
    • Lossy mode resonance generation with indium tin oxide coated optical fibers for sensing applications 

      Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2010)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Surface plasmon resonances and lossy mode resonances can be generated with Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) coated optical fibers. Both phenomena are analyzed and compared. Lossy mode resonances present important advantages: ...
    • Micro and nanostructured materials for the development of optical fibre sensors 

      Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Bariáin Aisa, Cándido Upna Orcid; Goicoechea Fernández, Javier Upna Orcid; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Rivero Fuente, Pedro J. Upna Orcid; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor Upna Orcid; Urrutia Azcona, Aitor Upna Orcid; Sánchez Zábal, Pedro Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; Acha Morrás, Nerea de Upna Orcid; Ascorbe Muruzabal, Joaquín Upna Orcid; Ozcariz Celaya, Aritz Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2017)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The measurement of chemical and biomedical parameters can take advantage of the features exclusively offered by optical fibre: passive nature, electromagnetic immunity and chemical stability are some of the most relevant ...
    • Optical fiber refractometers based on indium tin oxide coatings with response in the visible spectral region 

      Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; López, S.; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2011)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      This work presents the fabrication of optical fiber refractometers based on indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings with response in the visible spectral region. ITO thin-films have been sputtered by employing a rotating mechanism ...
    • Optical fiber refractometers based on sputtered indium tin oxide coatings 

      López, S.; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Hernáez, M.; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2011)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      This work presents the fabrication of optical fiber refractometers based on indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings deposited by sputtering with response in the visible spectral region. ITO thin-films have been sputtered by ...

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