A long period fiber grating (LPG) based sensor coated with Chitosan/polyacrylic acid polymer film for heavy metal ion Ni+ detecting was proposed in this study. Multiple Chitosan/polyacrylic acid (PAA) layers which could chelate with Ni+ were coated on the LPG sensor via Layer by layer (LbL) self-assembly technique to achieve Ni+ concentration sensing in liquids. Results showed that when the concentration of Ni+ in the range of 0.02mMol/L to 0.08mMol/L, there is a sensitivity of 5.564nm/mMol, when the concentration between 0.3mMol/L to 0.7mMol/L, the sensitivity reduced to 1.345nm/mMol, and in high concentration of 1mMol/L to 10mMol/L, the degree of linear correlation is extremely low.
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