Del Villar, Ignacio

Profile Picture

Email Address

person.page.identifierURI

https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/48889

Birth Date

Job Title

Last Name

Del Villar

First Name

Ignacio

person.page.departamento

Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación

person.page.instituteName

ISC. Institute of Smart Cities

ORCID

0000-0002-8130-4035

person.page.observainves

88663

person.page.upna

6918

Name

Filters

2019 - 201912020 - 20233
Reset filters

Settings

Subject: Thin-film ×

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 4 of 4
  • Thumbnail Image
    PublicationOpen Access
    AC/DC millivoltage sensor by means of ITO-coated optical fibers: towards monitoring of biosignals
    (IEEE, 2019) Aginaga Etxamendi, Concepción Isabel; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor; Fuentes Lorenzo, Omar; Del Villar, Ignacio; Corres Sanz, Jesús María; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua
    This contribution shows the monitoring of AC and DC millivoltage signals by means of lossy mode resonances generated by Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) on optical fibers. Sensors were obtained by sputtering ITO thin-films onto 25 mm-length segments of 200 μm bare optical fibers. Depositing a 1 μm thin-film of ITO leads to obtain reduced thin-film resistances of near 340 ohms. This allows the detection of voltage signals by monitoring the wavelength shift of the resonances. Sensitivities up to 40 nm/V can be achieved when tracking sinusoidal signals of a few cents of mV peak-to-peak. This opens the path for further research pursuing the detection of biomedical signals.
  • Thumbnail Image
    PublicationOpen Access
    Lossy mode resonance sensors based on nanocoated multimode-coreless-multimode fibre
    (Elsevier, 2020) Vicente Gómara, Adrián; Santano Rivero, Desiree; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo; Urrutia Azcona, Aitor; Del Villar, Ignacio; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa, PJUPNA26
    In this work it is proved the ability to obtain lossy mode resonances (LMRs) in the transmission spectrum with multimode-coreless-multimode fibre optic structure coated with tin oxide on the coreless segment. The devices were characterized as a function of the surrounding medium refractive index and sensitivities of 7346.93 nm/RIU and 708.57 nm/RIU were attained for the first and the second LMR respectively. As an application proof of this technology, one of the devices was biofunctionalized and used for detecting goat anti-mouse IgG in concentrations ranging from 1 to 40 mg/L, with a limit of detection of 0.6 mg/L. This proves the ability of this simple structure to be used for biological, chemical or environmental applications.
  • Thumbnail Image
    PublicationOpen Access
    High sensitivity lossy-mode resonance refractometer using low refractive index PFA planar waveguide
    (Elsevier, 2023) Domínguez Rodríguez, Ismel; Corres Sanz, Jesús María; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ascorbe Muruzabal, Joaquín; Del Villar, Ignacio; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    In this work a new strategy to improve the sensitivity of refractometers based on lossy-mode resonances has been proved. The proximity of the PFA (tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro polymer) substrate refractive index to that of water has permitted to implement an optical refractometer with a sensitivity of 41,034 nm per refractive index unit (nm/RIU) for refractive indices ranging from 1.3318 to 1.3347. The work is supported with both theoretical and experimental results. This high sensitivity can be used for the development of LMR based chemical sensors and biosensors, where a low limit of detection is required, with the additional advantage of a simple disposable planar configuration.
  • Thumbnail Image
    PublicationOpen Access
    Electrochemical lossy mode resonance for the detection of manganese ions
    (Elsevier, 2023) Domínguez Rodríguez, Ismel; Corres Sanz, Jesús María; Del Villar, Ignacio; Mozo, Juan D.; Simerova, Radka; Sezemsky, Petr; Stranak, Vitezslav; Smietana, Mateusz; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    In this work we propose electrochemical lossy mode resonance (eLMR) as a powerful method for the detection of manganese (Mn) ions. The sensor is based on a simple planar waveguide (sodasingle bondlime glass coverslip) coated with a thin layer of indium tin oxide (ITO) to obtain an optical resonance effect. Simultaneously, the ITO layer served as the working electrode in the cathodic stripping voltammetry (CSV) of Mn. The eLMR sensor is capable of simultaneously performing electrochemical (EC) and optical measurements, specifically lossy mode resonance (LMR), to monitor the growth of the adsorbed Mn layer on the ITO electrode and the electrochemically modulated diffusion layer. For Mn2+ ions, a limit of detection (LoD) of 1.26 ppb has been demonstrated using the EC method, whereas the optical method exhibited a LoD of 67.76 ppb. The results obtained indicate significant potential for application in molecular electrochemistry and studies focused on electrified interfaces.