Effects of water/silane r-ratio and of humidity on properties of sol-gel entrapped indicators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3943, Issue , 2003, Pages 154-162

  Rottman, Claudio ^a   Avnir, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doped sol gel materials; Humidity; PH indicators; Polarity indicators; Sensors; Spectral shifts

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; SENSORS; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); PH; SILANES;

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMIDITIES; OPTICAL SENSING; PH INDICATOR; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; R RATIO; SOL-GEL MATERIALS; SPECTRAL SHIFT; SYNTHETIC PROCEDURES; POLARITY INDICATORS;

SOL-GELS;

EID: 0033703706     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.384334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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