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Optical Sensors: One‐Step Fabrication of Multifunctional Core‐Shell Fibres by Co‐Electrospinning (Adv. Funct. Mater. 18/2011)
Author(s) -
MedinaCastillo Antonio L.,
FernándezSánchez Jorge F.,
FernándezGutiérrez Alberto
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201190077
Subject(s) - materials science , electrospinning , fabrication , core (optical fiber) , shell (structure) , optical fiber , nanotechnology , nanofiber , polymer , methacrylate , methyl methacrylate , fiber , fluorescence , composite material , chemical engineering , copolymer , optics , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , engineering , pathology
Core–shell fibers, fabricated by co‐electrospinning, are presented by Antonio L. Medina‐Castillo, Jorge F. Fernández‐Sánchez, and co‐worker on page 3488 . The fiber shell is formed by a fluorescent pH‐sensitive co‐polymer while the core is formed by magnetic nanoparticles and an oxygen indicator dispersed in poly(methyl methacrylate). The core‐shell fibers are magnetic, change their optical properties with the pH of the media, and they are sensitive to O 2 – characteristics promising towards application in optical sensors.