Publication: Silver nanoparticles loaded electrospun nanofibers for humidity optical fiber sensing
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In this work, a new optical device based on silver loaded electrospun nanofibers (ENFs) for measuring Relative Humidity is proposed. Fiber mats composed of poly(acrylic acid) and β-cyclodextrin were deposited onto an optical fiber core by electrospinning. Afterwards the ENFs were submitted to a thermal curing. Then, the ENFs were loaded with Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) synthesized using a Ag+ loading step and a further reduction step with dimethylamine borane (DMAB). Several load/reduction cycles were performed. Ag NPs enhance significantly the optical response of the polymer-only fiber mats. The Ag NPs loaded ENF sensor was tested using controlled variations of Relative Humidity (RH). The results showed a very fast response of the absorbance spectra enabling high performance applications such as human breathing monitoring.
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