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Surface Plasmon Resonance-based Optical Fiber Sensors for H2S In Situ detection

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Motivated by its high toxicity and presence on many industrial processes, in this work, a hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas detector was developed. The construction of the device was accomplished by taking advantage of both silica optical fiber and the potentialities of gold nanoparticles, where the physics for the plasmon resonance on localized surface are exploited. The localized surface plasmon resonance occurs in gold nanoparticles and has strong influence when the free electrons of gold suffer external perturbation. In this case, strong bonding energy between the gold element and sulfur was the main basis for the operation principle of the developed colorimetric detector. In the process of nanoparticles adhesion, polyvinyl alcohol was used on the interface between the fiber and the nanoparticles. The developed detector has the ability of detecting H2S levels in the range of 0.4 to 2.0 ppm, at room temperature. Different experiments were carried out to verify the behavior of the nanoparticle concentration at the detection limit of the gas. Thus, the proposed detector has many applications in different industrial processes and environments considering the numerous accidents caused by H2S inhalation with fatal victims already registered around the world.

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This work is partially supported by Petrobras S.A., Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (CNPq), the Education Ministry (MEC-PROEXT), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCTI/FINEP/CT-INFRA, PROINFRA 01/2006), and Espírito Santo Research Foundation (FAPES). A. Leal-Junior received financial support from CAPES (88887.318879/2019-00). Camilo A. R. Díaz received financial support from CNPq under Grant 408480/2018-1.

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  1. Federal Institute of Espírito Santo, km 6.5 ES 010, Serra, Vitória , ES, 29173-087, Brazil

    Adilson R. Prado & Luís Guilherme Lyra Nunes

  2. Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Fernando Ferrari Avenue, 514, Vitória, ES, 29075-910, Brazil

    Adilson R. Prado, Camilo A. R. Díaz, Arnaldo Leal-Junior, Moisés R. N. Ribeiro & Maria J. Pontes

  3. Biotechnology, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Marechal Campos Avenue, Vitória, ES, 146829040-090, Brazil

    Jairo P. Oliveira & Marco C. C. Guimarães

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All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Conception and design of study were performed by Adilson R. Prado and Moisés R. N. Ribeiro. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Adilson R. Prado, Camilo A. R. Díaz, and Arnaldo Leal-Junior. Material preparation and data collection were performed by Luís Guilherme Lyra Nunes and Marco C. C. Guimarães. Data analysis were performed by Adilson R. Prado, Camilo A. R. Díaz, and Jairo P. Oliveira. The final drafting of the manuscript and/or critical revision were performed by Camilo A. R. Díaz and Maria J. Pontes.

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Prado, A.R., Díaz, C.A.R., Lyra Nunes, L.G. et al. Surface Plasmon Resonance-based Optical Fiber Sensors for H2S In Situ detection. Plasmonics 16, 787–797 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01346-w

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