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Vapor sensing using a bio-inspired porous silicon photonic crystal

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Rasson, Jonathan [UCL] Poncelet, Olivier [UCL] Mouchet, Sébastien R. Deparis, Olivier Francis, Laurent [UCL]

Naturally occurring photonic crystals present on the wing scales of Papilio butterflies are known to exhibit vivid iridescent coloration as well as various optical properties, including vapor sensing properties. This work reports the fabrication of a periodic array of concave multilayers in porous silicon mimicking the Papilio blumei nanostructure and its application as an optical vapor sensor. We compared the variations in the reflectance spectrum due to ethanol vapor adsorption and condensation inside the bio-inspired concave porous silicon multilayer structure to the variations of a standard flat porous silicon Bragg mirror. This results in an enhanced response time in the case of the bio-inspired concave structure.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2017
Language Anglais
Journal information "Materials Today : Proceedings" - Vol. 4, no.4, p. 5006-5012 (2017)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Elsevier Ltd.
issn 2214-7853
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SST/ICTM/ELEN - Pôle en ingénierie électrique
University of Exeter - College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
UNamur - Autre
Keywords Vapor sensor ; Gas sensor ; Porous silicon ; Biomimetism ; Photonics ; Papilio butterfly
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Bibliographic reference Rasson, Jonathan ; Poncelet, Olivier ; Mouchet, Sébastien R. ; Deparis, Olivier ; Francis, Laurent. Vapor sensing using a bio-inspired porous silicon photonic crystal. In: Materials Today : Proceedings, Vol. 4, no.4, p. 5006-5012 (2017)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/186306