Optical fibre fluorescence and toxicity sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 476-484

  Merchant, David ^a,c   Scully, Patricia J ^a   Edwards, Robert ^a,d   Grabowski, Jozef ^b,e,f  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electroluminescent film; Fluorescein sodium; Fluorescence; Polymer optical fibres; Rhodamine; Toxicity; Waveguiding

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PROCESS CONTROL; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; TOXICITY;

ELECTROLUMINESCENT FILM; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; RHODAMINE; TOXICITY ASSAY TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY SENSOR; WAVEGUIDING SYSTEM;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0032064601     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(98)00088-4     Document Type: Article

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