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The deterioration of water quality by Cyanobacteria causes outbreaks and epidemics associated with harmful diseases in
Humans and animals because of the released toxins. Microcystin-LR (mcyst) is one of the most widely studied
hepatotoxin and World Health Organization recommends a maximum value of 1 μg L-1 of mcyst in drinking-water.
Therefore, there is a great demand for remote, real-time sensing techniques to detect and quantify the presence of mcyst.
In this work a Fabry-Perot sensing probe based on a fibre tip coated with a mcyst sensitive thin film is presented. Highly
specific recognition membranes, using sol-gel based Molecular Imprinted Polymers (MIPs), were developed to quantify
microcystins in water, showing great potential in the analysis of this kind of samples. The fibre Fabry-Perot MIP sensor
shows a linear response to mcyst concentration with a sensitivity of -13.2 ±} 0.4 nm L μg-1.
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Raquel B. Queirós, S. O. Silva, M. G. F. Sales, J. P. Noronha, O. Frazão, P. A. S. Jorge, G. G. Aguilar, "Optical cavity fibre sensor for detection of microcystin-LR in water," Proc. SPIE 7653, Fourth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 76531N (8 September 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865004