Rolled-up SiOx/SiNx microtubes made by PECVD for sensitive solvent detection

Pengfei Song, Cheng Chen, Juntian Qu, Pengfei Ou, M. H.T. Dastjerdi, Hao Fu, Zetian Mi, Jun Song, Xinyu Liu*

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Abstract

This paper reports a highly-sensitive, whispering gallery mode (WGM)-based chemical sensor based on rolled-up microtube optical microcavity (RUM-OM). For the first time, such microcavities were batch-fabricated through rolling up of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)-synthesized SiOx/SiNx bilayer nanomembranes. Benefiting from the high refractive index (RI) of PECVD-deposited SiNx, our RUM-OM showed a significantly improved quality factor (Q-factor: ~880) over that (~50) of SiO/SiO2 RUM-OM with similar geometries. The developed RUM-OM was demonstrated for solvent sensing, providing a limit of detection (LOD) of 1.7 × 10-4 RIU (refractive index unit), 10 times lower than that of the SiO/SiO2 RUM-OMs (2 × 10-3 RIU).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2018
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages969-970
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781510897571
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2018 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 11 Nov 201815 Nov 2018

Publication series

Name22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2018
Volume2

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2018
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityKaohsiung
Period11/11/1815/11/18

Keywords

  • Biosensors
  • Chemical
  • Optical cavity
  • Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
  • Rolled-up microtube
  • Whispering-gallery mode resonance

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