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Vrážel M, Ismail RK, Courson R, Hammouti A, Bouška M, Larrodé A, Baillieul M, Giraud W, Le Floch S, Bodiou L, Charrier J, Boukerma K, Michel K, Němec P, Nazabal V. Surface functionalization of a chalcogenide IR photonic sensor by means of a polymer membrane for water pollution remediation. Analyst 2024; 149:4723-4735. [PMID: 39105485 DOI: 10.1039/d4an00721b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/07/2024]
Abstract
Rapid, simultaneous detection of organic chemical pollutants in water is an important issue to solve for protecting human health. This study investigated the possibility of developing an in situ reusable optical sensor capable of selective measurements utilizing a chalcogenide transducer supplemented by a hydrophobic polymer membrane with detection based on evanescent waves in the mid-infrared spectrum. In order to optimise a polyisobutylene hydrophobic film deposited on a chalcogenide waveguide, a zinc selenide prism was utilized as a testbed for performing attenuated total reflection with Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. To comply with the levels mentioned in health guidelines, the target detection range in this study was kept rather low, with the concentration range extended from 50 ppb to 100 ppm to cover accidental pollution problems, while targeted hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, and xylene) were still detected at a concentration of 100 ppb. Infrared measurements in the selected range showed a linear behaviour, with the exception of two constantly reproducible plateau phases around 25 and 80 ppm, which were observable for two polymer film thicknesses of 5 and 10 μm. The polymer was also found to be reusable by regenerating it with water between individual measurements by increasing the water temperature and flow to facilitate reverse exchange kinetics. Given the good conformability of the hydrophobic polymer when coated on chalcogenide photonic circuits and its demonstrated ability to detect organic pollutants in water and to be regenerated afterwards, a microfluidic channel utilising water flow over an evanescent wave optical transducer based on a chalcogenide waveguide and a polyisobutylene (PIB) hydrophobic layer deposited on its surface was successfully fabricated from polydimethylsiloxane by filling a mold prepared via CAD and 3D printing techniques.
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Affiliation(s)
- Martin Vrážel
- Department of Graphic Arts and Photophysics, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentska 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR - UMR6226, F-35000 Rennes, France.
- BRGM, Direction Eau, Environnement et Ecotechnologies, 45100 Orleans, France
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- IFREMER, Laboratoire Détection, Capteurs et Mesures, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut Foton - UMR 6082, F-22305 Lannion, France
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- Department of Graphic Arts and Photophysics, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentska 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR - UMR6226, F-35000 Rennes, France.
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- Department of Graphic Arts and Photophysics, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentska 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut Foton - UMR 6082, F-22305 Lannion, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut Foton - UMR 6082, F-22305 Lannion, France
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- IFREMER, Laboratoire Détection, Capteurs et Mesures, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- BRGM, Direction Eau, Environnement et Ecotechnologies, 45100 Orleans, France
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- Department of Graphic Arts and Photophysics, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentska 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR - UMR6226, F-35000 Rennes, France.
- Department of Graphic Arts and Photophysics, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentska 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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Grayson M, Krueper G, Xu B, Zohrabi M, Hjelme D, Gopinath JT, Park W. On-chip mid-infrared optical sensing with GeSbSe waveguides and resonators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:877-889. [PMID: 36785135 DOI: 10.1364/oe.476186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We fabricated single mode Ge28Sb12Se60 waveguides and resonators using e-beam lithography and achieved a propagation loss of 3.88 dB/cm at 3.66 µm. We compared BCl3 and CHF3 etch chemistries and determined CHF3 produced 1.5 dB/cm higher propagation losses at 3.6 µm due to C-H bond absorption. We use fabricated waveguides to detect an aromatic aldehyde dissolved in a non-polar solvent with a limit of detection of 1.09 µmol/mL. We then reduce this detection limit to 0.25 µmol/mL using the enhancement produced by a chalcogenide ring resonator.
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Baillieul M, Rinnert E, Lemaitre J, Michel K, Colas F, Bodiou L, Demésy G, Kakuta S, Rumyantseva A, Lerondel G, Boukerma K, Renversez G, Toury T, Charrier J, Nazabal V. Surface Functionalization with Polymer Membrane or SEIRA Interface to Improve the Sensitivity of Chalcogenide-Based Infrared Sensors Dedicated to the Detection of Organic Molecules. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:47840-47850. [PMID: 36591173 PMCID: PMC9798758 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Priority substances likely to pollute water can be characterized by mid-infrared spectroscopy based on their specific absorption spectral signature. In this work, the detection of volatile aromatic molecules in the aqueous phase by evanescent-wave spectroscopy has been optimized to improve the detection efficiency of future in situ optical sensors based on chalcogenide waveguides. To this end, a hydrophobic polymer was deposited on the surface of a zinc selenide prism using drop and spin-coating methods. To ensure that the water absorption bands will be properly attenuated for the selenide waveguides, two polymers were selected and compared: polyisobutylene and ethylene/propylene copolymer coating. The system was tested with benzene, toluene, and ortho-, meta-, and para-xylenes at concentrations ranging from 10 ppb to 40 ppm, and the measured detection limit was determined to be equal to 250 ppb under these analytical conditions using ATR-FTIR. The polyisobutylene membrane is promising for pollutant detection in real waters due to the reproducibility of its deposition on selenide materials, the ease of regeneration, the short response time, and the low ppb detection limit, which could be achieved with the infrared photonic microsensor based on chalcogenide materials. To improve the sensitivity of future infrared microsensors, the use of metallic nanostructures on the surface of chalcogenide waveguides appears to be a relevant way, thanks to the plasmon resonance phenomena. Thus, in addition to preliminary surface-enhanced infrared absorption tests using these materials and a functionalization via a self-assembled monolayer of 4-nitrothiophenol, heterostructures combining gold nanoparticles/chalcogenide waveguides have been successfully fabricated with the aim of proposing a SEIRA microsensor device.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marion Baillieul
- Univ
Rennes 1, CNRS, ISCR - UMR6226, F-35000Rennes, France
- IFREMER,
Laboratoire Détection, Capteurs et Mesures, 29280Plouzané, France
- Department
of Graphic Arts and Photophysics, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentska 573, 53210Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- IFREMER,
Laboratoire Détection, Capteurs et Mesures, 29280Plouzané, France
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- Univ
Rennes 1, CNRS, Institut Foton - UMR 6082, F-22305Lannion, France
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- BRGM,
Direction Eau, Environnement et Ecotechnologies, Unité Bio-Géochimie
environnementale et qualité de l’Eau, 45060Orléans, France
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- IFREMER,
Laboratoire Détection, Capteurs et Mesures, 29280Plouzané, France
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- BRGM,
Direction Eau, Environnement et Ecotechnologies, Unité Bio-Géochimie
environnementale et qualité de l’Eau, 45060Orléans, France
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- Institut
Fresnel, Marseille, Université Aix Marseille, CNRS, 13397Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire
Lumière, nanomatériaux et nanotechnologies, CNRS ERL
7004, Université de Technologie de
Troyes, 10004Troyes, France
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- Laboratoire
Lumière, nanomatériaux et nanotechnologies, CNRS ERL
7004, Université de Technologie de
Troyes, 10004Troyes, France
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- Laboratoire
Lumière, nanomatériaux et nanotechnologies, CNRS ERL
7004, Université de Technologie de
Troyes, 10004Troyes, France
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- IFREMER,
Laboratoire Détection, Capteurs et Mesures, 29280Plouzané, France
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- Institut
Fresnel, Marseille, Université Aix Marseille, CNRS, 13397Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire
Lumière, nanomatériaux et nanotechnologies, CNRS ERL
7004, Université de Technologie de
Troyes, 10004Troyes, France
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- Univ
Rennes 1, CNRS, Institut Foton - UMR 6082, F-22305Lannion, France
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- Univ
Rennes 1, CNRS, ISCR - UMR6226, F-35000Rennes, France
- Department
of Graphic Arts and Photophysics, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentska 573, 53210Pardubice, Czech Republic
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Fomina PS, Proskurnin MA, Mizaikoff B, Volkov DS. Infrared Spectroscopy in Aqueous Solutions: Capabilities and Challenges. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2022; 53:1748-1765. [PMID: 35212600 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2022.2041390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy provides rapid, reliable, quantitative, and qualitative analysis of samples in different aggregation states, i.e., gases, thin films, solids, liquids, etc. However, when analyzing aqueous solutions, particular issues associated with the rather pronounced IR absorption characteristics of water appear to interfere with the solute determination. In this review, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic techniques and their analytical capabilities for analyzing aqueous solutions are reviewed, and highlight examples are discussed.
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- Polina S Fomina
- Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
- Hahn-Schickard, Institute for Microanalysis Systems, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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