Dey, Tanoy Kumar and Trono, Cosimo and Biswas, Palas and Giannetti, Ambra and Basumallick, Nandini and Baldini, Francesco and Bandyopadhyay, Somnath and Tombelli, Sara (2023) Biosensing by Polymer-Coated Etched Long-Period Fiber Gratings Working near Mode Transition and Turn-around Point. Biosensors-Basel, 13 (7). Art No-731. ISSN 2079-6374

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Abstract

A methodology to enhance the sensitivity of long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs) based on the combination of three different enhancement approaches is presented; the methods here adopted are the working near mode transition (MT) of a cladding mode (CM), working near the turn-around point of a CM and the enhancement of the evanescent field of CMs by reducing the cladding diameter or by increasing the order number of CMs. In order to combine these enhancement methodologies, an electrostatic self-assembly (ESA) process was used to deposit a polymeric overlay, with a chosen thickness, onto the etched fiber. The add-layer sensitivity of the sensor was theoretically calculated, and the demonstration of the real applicability of the developed LPFG as a biosensor was performed by means of an IgG/anti-IgG immunoassay in human serum in a thermostated microfluidic system. The limits of detection (LODs) calculated by following different procedures (three times the standard deviation of the blank and the mean value of the residuals) were 6.9 x 10(-8) & mu;g/mL and 4.5 x 10(-6) & mu;g/mL, respectively. The calculated LODs demonstrate the effectiveness of the applied methodology for sensitivity enhancement.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Processing Science
Divisions:	Fiber Optics and Photonics
Depositing User:	Bidhan Chaudhuri
Date Deposited:	13 Oct 2023 08:30
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2023 08:30
URI:	http://cgcri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/5619

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