Smartphone-Based Hand-Held Optical Fiber Fluorescence Sensor for On-Site pH Detection

Ting Liu*, Wenqi Wang, He Ding, Dingrong Yi

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Abstract

In order to realize remote and on-site pH detection, we design a simple, economical, and hand-held optical fiber pH sensor based on smartphone platforms. All components of the sensor are encapsulated in a 3-D printed shell, including a semiconductor laser for exciting fluorescence signal, a smartphone with a filter for collecting fluorescence signal, a fiber coupler for transmitting light, and batteries for laser power supply. With the combination tapered fiber probe modified with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots, whose fluorescence signal can be captured by the smartphone camera and calculated by a self-developed Android application, the sensor has a minimum sensitivity of 0.5-pH unit and a wide detection range between pH 4 and 12. Moreover, the sensor shows good reusability and stability. Considering its low cost, miniaturization, portability and the capability for remote detection, real-time monitoring, and on-site analysis, the proposed smartphone-based optical fiber pH sensor has great application potential in environmental monitoring and biomedicine.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8752410
Pages (from-to)9441-9446
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Sensors Journal
Volume19
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fluorescence
  • optical fiber pH sensor
  • point of care testing
  • quantum dots

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Liu, T., Wang, W., Ding, H., & Yi, D. (2019). Smartphone-Based Hand-Held Optical Fiber Fluorescence Sensor for On-Site pH Detection. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(20), 9441-9446. Article 8752410. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2019.2926153