A Potassium Ion-Exchanged Glass Optical Waveguide Sensor Locally Coated with a Crystal Violet-SiO2 Gel Film for Real-Time Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides Simulant

An optical waveguide (OWG) sensor was developed for real-time detection of diethyl chlorophosphate (DCP) vapor, which is a typical simulant for organophosphorus pesticides and chemical weapon agents. Silica gel, crystal violet (CV), and potassium ion-exchange (PIE) OWG were used to fabricate the sensor’s device. In the real-time detection of the DCP vapor, the volume fraction of DCP vapor was recorded to be as low as 1.68 × 10⁻⁹. Moreover, the detection mechanism of CV-SiO₂ gel film coated the PIE OWG sensor for DCP, which was evaluated by absorption spectra. These results demonstrated that the change of output light intensity of the OWG sensor significantly increased with the augment of the DCP concentration. Repeatability as well as selectivity of the sensors were tested using 0.042 × 10⁻⁶ and 26.32 × 10⁻⁶ volume fraction of the DCP vapor. No clear interference with the DCP detection was observed in the presence of other common solvents (e.g., acetone, methanol, dichloromethane, dimethylsulfoxide, and tetrahydrofuran), benzene series (e.g., benzene, toluene, chlorobenzene, and aniline), phosphorus-containing reagents (e.g., dimethyl methylphosphonate and trimethyl phosphate), acid, and basic gas (e.g., acetic acid and 25% ammonium hydroxide), which demonstrates that the OWG sensor could provide real-time, fast, and accurate measurement results for the detection of DCP. View Full-Text

Keywords: optical waveguide; organophosphorus pesticides; crystal violet; sensor; detection

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Du, B.; Tong, Z.; Mu, X.; Xu, J.; Liu, S.; Liu, Z.; Cao, W.; Qi, Z.-M. A Potassium Ion-Exchanged Glass Optical Waveguide Sensor Locally Coated with a Crystal Violet-SiO₂ Gel Film for Real-Time Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides Simulant. Sensors 2019, 19, 4219. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194219

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Du B, Tong Z, Mu X, Xu J, Liu S, Liu Z, Cao W, Qi Z-M. A Potassium Ion-Exchanged Glass Optical Waveguide Sensor Locally Coated with a Crystal Violet-SiO₂ Gel Film for Real-Time Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides Simulant. Sensors. 2019; 19(19):4219. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194219

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Du, Bin, Zhaoyang Tong, Xihui Mu, Jianjie Xu, Shuai Liu, Zhiwei Liu, Wei Cao, and Zhi-Mei Qi. 2019. "A Potassium Ion-Exchanged Glass Optical Waveguide Sensor Locally Coated with a Crystal Violet-SiO₂ Gel Film for Real-Time Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides Simulant" Sensors 19, no. 19: 4219. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194219

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