• Development of an aptamer based luminescent optical fiber sensor for the continuous monitoring of Hg2+ in aqueous media 

      Acha Morrás, Nerea de Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2020)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A fluorescent optical fiber sensor for the detection of mercury (Hg2+) ions in aqueous solutions is presented in this work. The sensor was based on a fluorophore-labeled thymine (T)-rich oligodeoxyribonucleotide (ON) ...
    • Fluorescent sensors for the detection of heavy metal ions in aqueous media 

      Acha Morrás, Nerea de Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2019)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Due to the risks that water contamination implies for human health and environmental protection, monitoring the quality of water is a major concern of the present era. Therefore, in recent years several efforts have been ...
    • From fundamental materials chemistry to sensing applications: unravelling the water adsorption mechanism of a luminescent optical fibre sensor membrane 

      Cruz Quesada, Guillermo Upna Orcid; Rosales Reina, Beatriz; López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; Reinoso, Santiago Upna Orcid; López Ramón, María Victoria; Arzamendi Manterola, María Cruz Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Espinal Viguri, Maialen Upna Orcid; Garrido Segovia, Julián José Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2024)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      This work provides insight into the correlation between the luminescent response of a water-vapour optical fibre sensor and the textural properties of its lanthanide-doped silica coating. To this end, a library of 16 silica ...
    • Gamification for photonics students: labescape 

      Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana Upna Orcid; Tainta Ausejo, Santiago Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2021)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The idea of utilizing game elements in non-gaming situations has sparked a lot of attention in recent years, especially in topics such as education and training. Game-based techniques appear to be an increasing trend in a ...
    • A nanocomposite sol-gel film based on PbS quantum dots embedded into an amorphous host inorganic matrix 

      Mihail, Elisa; Sava, Bogdan Alexandru; Eftimie, Mihai; Nicoara, Adrian Ionut; Vasiliu, Ileana Cristina; Rusu, Madalin Ion; Bartha, Cristina; Enculescu, Monica; Kuncser, Andrei Cristian; Oane, Mihai; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this study, a sol-gel film based on lead sulfide (PbS) quantum dots incorporated into a host network was synthesized as a special nanostructured composite material with potential applications in temperature sensor ...
    • Nanostructured PbS-doped inorganic film synthesized by sol-gel route 

      Nicoara, Adrian Ionut; Eftimie, Mihai; Elisa, Mihail; Vasiliu, Ileana Cristina; Bartha, Cristina; Enculescu, Monica; Filipescu, Mihaela; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; Sava, Bogdan Alexandru; Oane, Mihai (MDPI, 2022)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      IV-VI semiconductor quantum dots embedded into an inorganic matrix represent nanostructured composite materials with potential application in temperature sensor systems. This study explores the optical, structural, and ...
    • Optical fiber sensors based on microstructured optical fibers to detect gases and volatile organic compounds: a review 

      López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2020)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Since the first publications related to microstructured optical fibers (MOFs), the development of optical fiber sensors (OFS) based on them has attracted the interest of many research groups because of the market niches ...
    • Peculiarities of the structural and optical properties of rare-earth-doped phosphate glasses for temperature sensing applications 

      Elisa, M.; Iordache, S.M.; Iordache, A.M.; Vasiliu, Ileana Cristina; Grigorescu, C.E.A.; Sava, Bogdan Alexandru; Boroica, L.; Filip, A.V.; Dinca, M. C.; Bartha, Cristina; Acha Morrás, Nerea de Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2021)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Eu, Er, Yb-Er, and Dy-doped phosphate glasses were prepared by a wet-route processing of chemical precursors followed by melt-quenching and annealing. XRD measurements highlighted the amorphous nature of the investigated ...
    • Piezotronic, ZnO overlaid Bragg grating organic vapor sensors 

      López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Pappas, Georgios A.; Konstantaki, María; Klini, Argyro; Lappas, Alexandros; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Pissadakis, Stavros (IEEE, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      We present a zinc oxide (ZnO) out-cladding, overlaid optical fiber Bragg grating sensor, for the detection of vapors of common alcohols and acetone at concentrations lower than 25 ppm while operating at room temperature ...
    • Real time measuring system of multiple chemical parameters using microstructured optical fibers based sensors 

      López Aldaba, Aitor Upna; López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Auguste, Jean-Louis; Jamier, Raphael; Roy, Philippe; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this paper, a multiplexing system for simultaneous interrogation of optical fiber sensors which measure different parameters is presented and validated. The whole system has been tested with 6 different sensing heads ...
    • Route towards a label-free optical waveguide sensing platform based on lossy mode resonances 

      Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Ozcariz Celaya, Aritz Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor Upna Orcid; Urrutia Azcona, Aitor Upna Orcid; López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; Acha Morrás, Nerea de Upna Orcid; Ascorbe Muruzabal, Joaquín Upna Orcid; Vitoria Pascual, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Imas González, José Javier Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Díaz Lucas, Silvia Upna Orcid; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel Upna Orcid; Goicoechea Fernández, Javier Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IFSA Publishing, 2019)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      According to recent market studies of the North American company Allied Market Research, the field of photonic sensors is an emerging strategic field for the following years and it is expected to garner $18 billion by ...
    • Sensitivity optimization of a microstructured optical fiber ammonia gas sensor by means of tuning the thickness of a metal oxide nano-coating 

      López Torres, Diego Upna Orcid; López Aldaba, Aitor Upna; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Auguste, Jean-Louis; Jamier, Raphael; Roy, Philippe; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2019)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this paper, the influence of the thickness of metallic-oxide coatings, ITO, and SnO2 on the sensitivity of a microstructured optical fiber Fabry–Pérot (FP) has been studied with the aim of developing ammonia gas fiber ...
    • Straightforward nano patterning on optical fiber for sensors development 

      Acha Morrás, Nerea de Upna Orcid; Elia Lorente, Victor Upna; Delgado Camón, Arantzazu Upna; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2020)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A simple method to prepare a nano pattern along the surface of an optical fiber is applied in this Letter to develop a pH sensor. The template is made of a block copolymer that defines specific locations where gold nano ...
    • Trends in the design of intensity-based optical fiber biosensors (2010–2020) 

      Acha Morrás, Nerea de Upna Orcid; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor Upna Orcid; Elosúa Aguado, César Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2021)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      There exists an increasing interest in monitoring low concentrations of biochemical species, as they allow the early-stage detection of illnesses or the monitoring of the environment quality. Thus, both companies and ...

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