Development of dithizone based fibre optic evanescent wave sensor for heavy metal ion detection in aqueous environments.

Bhavsar, K.; Prabhu, R.; Pollard, P.

Abstract

Detection of highly toxic heavy metal ions requires rapid, simple, sensitive and selective detection methods in the environment. Optical fibre based sensing facilitates the remote, continuous and in-situ detection approaches in the environment. Herein, we report the development of a dithizone based fibre optic sensor with a simple procedure to detect heavy metal ions in the aqueous environment using an evanescent wave sensing approach. The chromogenic ligand dithizone and its spectral specificity with metal ions has been elaborated in this work. Paper presented at Sensors and their Applications XVII, held 16-18 September 2013 at Rixos Libertas, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Citation

BHAVSAR, K., PRABHU, R. and POLLARD, P. 2013. Development of dithizone based fibre optic evanescent wave sensor for heavy metal ion detection in aqueous environments. Journal of physics: conference series [online], 450: proceedings of the 17th Sensors and their applications, 16-18 September 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia, article 012011. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/450/1/012011

• Journal Article Type: Conference Paper
• Conference Name: 17th Sensors and their applications 2013
• Conference Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Acceptance Date: Jun 7, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Jun 26, 2013
• Publication Date: Sep 30, 2013
• Deposit Date: Nov 23, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2015
• Journal: Journal of physics: conference series
• Print ISSN: 1742-6588
• Electronic ISSN: 1742-6596
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 450
• Article Number: 012011
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/450/1/012011
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1357