Evaluation of Viscosity Dependence of the Critical Meniscus Height with Optical Fiber Sensors
Journal Article
Binetti, L., Simpson, F., & Alwis, L. S. M. (2021)
Evaluation of Viscosity Dependence of the Critical Meniscus Height with Optical Fiber Sensors. Sensors, 21(23), Article 8130. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21238130
Conventional means of data extraction using optical fiber interrogators are not adequate for fast-paced detection of a target parameter. In this instance, the relationship bet...
An Accessible Method of Embedding Fibre Optic Sensors on Lithium-ion Battery Surface for in-situ Thermal Monitoring
Journal Article
Alcock, K., Grammel, M., González-Vila, A., Binetti, L., Goh, K., & Alwis, L. (2021)
An Accessible Method of Embedding Fibre Optic Sensors on Lithium-ion Battery Surface for in-situ Thermal Monitoring. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 332(1), Article 113061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2021.113061
Presented is a proof of concept to evaluate the suitability of a mounting technique for fibre optic sensors (FOSs) to measure Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) temperature. Two mounti...
Novel Technique for Meniscus Height Measurement of Liquids Using Optical Fibers
Journal Article
Binetti, L., & Alwis, L. S. M. (2021)
Novel Technique for Meniscus Height Measurement of Liquids Using Optical Fibers. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(18), 20092-20098. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2021.3100644
A novel technique was designed to measure the meniscus height (MH) of liquids on a standard single mode fiber (SMF) using fiber optics. Once the MH is known, the contact angle...
Monitoring of the Critical Meniscus of Very Low Liquid Volumes Using an Optical Fiber Sensor
Journal Article
Binetti, L., Del Villar, I., Prabuddha Dissanayake, K., Stankiewicz, A., Sun, T., Grattan, K. T. V., & Alwis, L. S. M. (2020)
Monitoring of the Critical Meniscus of Very Low Liquid Volumes Using an Optical Fiber Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, 20(20), 12232-12240. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.2999537
A novel sensing system based on single mode optical fiber in reflective configuration has been developed to measure the critical meniscus height (CMH) of low volumes of liquid...
Optical fibre thermometry using ratiometric green emission of an upconverting nanoparticle- polydimethylsiloxane composite
Journal Article
Kumar, R., Binetti, L., Nguyen, .. H., Alwis, L. S., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. (2020)
Optical fibre thermometry using ratiometric green emission of an upconverting nanoparticle- polydimethylsiloxane composite. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 312, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2020.112083
The thermally coupled green band emission from excited Er 3+ ions has been used in the past to create optical thermometers, by doping the material in various types of media, p...
Feasibility Study on the Potential of Fibre Bragg Gratings for Thermal Monitoring of Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Batteries
Conference Proceeding
Alcock, K., Grammel, M., Binetti, L., Gonzales Vila, A., Goh, K., & Alwis, L. (in press)
Feasibility Study on the Potential of Fibre Bragg Gratings for Thermal Monitoring of Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Batteries
Bragg Gratings were used to monitor thermal fluctuations of a Lithium-Ion battery by attaching the sensors outside the casing of the battery. Results are comparable to that ob...
External Refractive Index Sensitivity Enhancement of a Long Period Grating by Graphene Oxide Overlay
Conference Proceeding
Dissanayake, K., Ghosh, S., Binetti, L., Rente, B., Alwis, L., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. (2019)
External Refractive Index Sensitivity Enhancement of a Long Period Grating by Graphene Oxide Overlay
In this paper, an external refractive index sensor is presented based on a graphene oxide coated long period grating and based on creating a stable graphene oxide coating on t...
Determination of the Aspect-ratio Distribution of Gold Nanorods in a Colloidal Solution using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy
Journal Article
Kumar, R., Binetti, L., Nguyen, H. T., Alwis, L. S. M., Agrawal, A., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. V. (2019)
Determination of the Aspect-ratio Distribution of Gold Nanorods in a Colloidal Solution using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. Scientific Reports, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53621-4
Knowledge of the distribution of the aspect ratios (ARs) in a chemically-synthesized colloidal solution of Gold Nano Rods (GNRs) is an important measure in determining the qua...
Measurement of viscoelasticity of sodium alginate by Fibre Bragg Grating
Conference Proceeding
Binetti, L., Stankiewicz, A., & Alwis, L. (2019)
Measurement of viscoelasticity of sodium alginate by Fibre Bragg Grating. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019015033
A novel sensor for measuring viscoelastic properties of sodium alginate (SA) in distilled water of concentration (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 w/w%) has been tested. The s...
Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Relative Humidity Using a Dual-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Laser Sensor
Journal Article
Mądry, M., Alwis, L., Binetti, L., Pajewski, Ł., & Bereś-Pawlik, E. (2019)
Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Relative Humidity Using a Dual-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Laser Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(20), 9215-9220. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2019.2922041
A fiber ring laser sensor setup utilizing FBGs (Fiber Bragg Gratings) for simultaneous measurement of ambient temperature and relative humidity (RH) is presented. Two FBGs are...