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A remotely interrogatable sensor for chemical monitoringA new type of continuously operating, in-situ, remotely monitored sensor is presented. The sensor is comprised of a thin film array of magnetostatically coupled, magnetically soft ferromagnetic thin film structures, adhered to or encased within a thin polymer layer. The polymer is made so that it swells or shrinks in response to the chemical analyte of interest, which in this case is pH. As the polymer swells or shrinks, the magnetostatic coupling between the magnetic elements changes, resulting in changes in the magnetic switching characteristics of the sensor. Placed within a sinusoidal magnetic field the magnetization vector of the coupled sensor elements periodically reverses directions, generating magnetic flux that can be remotely detected as a series of voltage spikes in appropriately placed pickup coils. one preliminary sensor design consists of four triangles, initially spaced approximately 50 micrometers apart, arranged to form a 12 mm x 12 mm square with the triangle tips centered at a common origin. Our preliminary work has focused on monitoring of pH using a lightly crosslinked pH sensitive polymer layer of hydroxyethylmethacrylate and 2-(dimethylamino) ethylmethacrylate. As the polymer swells or shrinks the magnetostatic coupling between the triangles changes, resulting in measurable changes in the amplitude of the detected voltage spirits.
Document ID
20040088917
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Stoyanov, P. G.
(The University of Kentucky Lexington 40506, United States)
Doherty, S. A.
Grimes, C. A.
Seitz, W. R.
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE transactions on magnetics
Volume: 34
Issue: 4
ISSN: 0018-9464
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-4594
CONTRACT_GRANT: ECS9-701733
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Non-NASA Center
NASA Discipline Environmental Health

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