Silica-titania nanocomposite based fiber optic sensor for aromatic hydrocarbons detection

• Main Authors: Islam, Shumaila, Bakhtiar, Hazri, Haider, Zuhaib, Alshoaibi, Adil, Riaz, Saira, Naseem, Shahzad
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2020
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93802/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2020.125825
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Surface stability of deposited sensing material is becoming a crucial issue in the field of opto-chemical sensor technology due to cracks/stresses. Porous silica-titania (ST) nanocomposite coating material is synthesized and doped with CdTe as transducers for sensing cyclic compounds. Ultra-thin coa...