Issue 36, 2017

A dual-channel optical magnetometer based on magnetically responsive inverse opal microspheres

Abstract

Responsive photonic crystals (RPCs) with tunable optical signals have intrinsic advantages in the construction of colorimetric sensors. Here, we report a dual-channel photonic crystal sensor fabricated by suspending ETPTA-TPM inverse opal microspheres (IOMs) in an aqueous ferrofluid for the detection of magnetic field strength. These nonmagnetic IOMs will quickly arrange into chain structures along the field direction, leading to the quenching of reflection signals in several minutes. Generally, a stronger magnetic field causes a faster quenching and a larger decline of reflection intensity. Based on the above correlation, a dual-channel sensor was fabricated to detect magnetic field strength in a broad range according to reflection quenching time and quenching ratio. The sensing of the magnetic field is accurate, stable and reliable, because the working of the PC sensor only involves magnetic tuning but no magnetic assembly.

Graphical abstract: A dual-channel optical magnetometer based on magnetically responsive inverse opal microspheres

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 May 2017
Accepted
08 Jun 2017
First published
09 Jun 2017

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 9288-9295

A dual-channel optical magnetometer based on magnetically responsive inverse opal microspheres

Y. Zhang, Y. Jiang, X. Wu and J. Ge, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 9288 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC02119D

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