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Sensors 2011, 11, 8550-8568; doi:10.3390/s110908550 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article A Microfluidic Long-Period Fiber Grating Sensor Platform for Chloride Ion Concentration Measurement Jian-Neng Wang Department of Construction Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou 64002, Taiwan; E-Mail: wangjn@.tw; Tel.: +886-5-5342601 ext. 4723; Fax: +886-5-5312049 Received: 4 August 2011; in revised form: 26 August 2011 / Accepted: 27 August 2011 / Published: 2 September 2011 Abstract: Optical fiber sensors based on waveguide technology are promising and attractive in chemical, biotechnological, agronomy, and civil engineering applications. A microfluidic system equipped with a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) capable of measuring chloride ion concentrations of several sample materials is presented. The LPFG-based microfluidic platform was shown to be effective in sensing very small quantities of samples and its transmitted light signal could easily be used as a measurand. The investigated sample materials included reverse osmosis (RO) water, tap water, dilute aqueous sample of sea sand soaked in RO water, aqueous sample of sea sand soaked in RO water, dilute seawater, and seawater. By employing additionally a chloride ion-selective electrode sensor for the calibration of chloride-ion concentration, a useful correlation (R2 = 0.