A fiber optic biosensor for the detection of cholesterol levels based on chitosan coated long period grating.

Mathews, C. Bobby; Libish, T.M.; Kaushalkumar, B.; Vivek, V.; Prabhu, Radhakrishna; Radhakrishnan, P.

Abstract

A fiber optic sensor for the measurement of total cholesterol is designed and developed. The developed chitosan coated long period grating (LPG) sensor shows a sensitivity of 5.025×106 pm·mL/g in the measurement range of the sensor. The sensor also shows a linear response in the measured range of cholesterol levels, which is highly desirable for exploitation as a commercial cholesterol sensor.

Citation

MATHEWS, C.B., LIBISH, T.M., KAUSHALKUMAR, B., VIVEK, V., PRABHU, R. and RADHAKRISHNAN, P. 2016. A fiber optic biosensor for the detection of cholesterol levels based on chitosan coated long period grating. Optoelectronics letters [online], 12(1), pages 23-26. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-016-5229-9

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 17, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Jan 10, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2016
• Deposit Date: Dec 1, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 1, 2017
• Journal: Optoelectronics letters
• Print ISSN: 1673-1905
• Electronic ISSN: 1993-5013
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-26
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-016-5229-9
• Keywords: Fibre optic; Cholesterol; Cardiovascular diseases
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2613