A portable fiber optic sensor for the luminescent sensing of cobalt ions using carbon dots
Scott Crawford, Ki‐Joong Kim, John P. Baltrus
Abstract
Cobalt is crucial to renewable energy technologies, but production is hindered by high characterization costs. This work presents a portable, low cost sensing platform that rapidly detects low part-per-million levels of cobalt in complex matrices.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceCobaltRenewable energyLuminescenceCarbon fibersCharacterization (materials science)IonNanotechnologyOptical fiberOptoelectronicsComputer scienceTelecommunicationsElectrical engineeringMetallurgyComposite materialEngineeringPhysicsQuantum mechanicsComposite numberCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesAnalytical chemistry methods development