Optical microfiber sensor for heavy metal ion detection

• Main Author: Yap, Stephanie Hui Kit
• Other Authors: Tjin Swee Chuan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Optics, optoelectronics, photonics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/68936
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Heavy metal pollution in water environment poses a serious threat and of great environmental concern because they cannot be degraded or destroyed completely. In fact, heavy metal tends to accumulate over time within the living organism and the rate of accumulation can be faster than they are excrete...