The goal of this research is development of fabrication technique
for nano-structure using an "evanescent field". The light, going
from dielectric field to vacuum one, is all reflected when the incident
angle is larger than critical angle determined by refractive index of
dielectric mediums. In this situation, electromagnetic field oozes out
of dielectric resign to vacuum media. This "evanescent field" decays
exponentially as a function of distance which is several hundred
nano-meter from the surface of dielectric field. In this research,
I fabricated nano-scale thin film, as a clad of optical fiber, of
biomimetic material using the evanescent field polymerization. The
biomimetic material is carried out by molecular imprinting technique,
which is a process where functional and cross-linking monomers are
co-polymerized in the presence of the target analye (the imprint
molecule). The system can be used for chemical sensor of environmental
monitoring. |