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TY - JOUR
T1 - Green-Graphene Protective Overlayer on Optical Microfibers
T2 - Prolongs the Device Lifetime
AU - Novikova, Anastasia
AU - Katiyi, Aviad
AU - Halstuch, Aviran
AU - Karabchevsky, Alina
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - Optical microfibers find new applications in various fields of industry, which in turn require wear resistance, environmental friendliness and ease of use. However, optical microfibers are fragile. Here we report a new method to prolong the microfiber lifetime by modifying its surface with green-extracted graphene overlayers. Graphene films were obtained by dispergation of shungite mineral samples in an aqueous medium. For this, we tapered optical fibers and sculptured them with graphene films mixed with gold nanoparticles. We observed that due to the surface modification the lifetime and survivability of the microfiber increased 5 times, as compared to the bare microfiber. The embedded gold nanoparticles can also be utilized for enhanced sensitivity and other applications.
AB - Optical microfibers find new applications in various fields of industry, which in turn require wear resistance, environmental friendliness and ease of use. However, optical microfibers are fragile. Here we report a new method to prolong the microfiber lifetime by modifying its surface with green-extracted graphene overlayers. Graphene films were obtained by dispergation of shungite mineral samples in an aqueous medium. For this, we tapered optical fibers and sculptured them with graphene films mixed with gold nanoparticles. We observed that due to the surface modification the lifetime and survivability of the microfiber increased 5 times, as compared to the bare microfiber. The embedded gold nanoparticles can also be utilized for enhanced sensitivity and other applications.
KW - gold nanoparticles
KW - green graphene
KW - microfiber
U2 - 10.3390/nano12172915
DO - 10.3390/nano12172915
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85137841830
VL - 12
JO - Nanomaterials
JF - Nanomaterials
SN - 2079-4991
IS - 17
M1 - 2915
ER -