Determination of bacterial activity by use of an evanescent-wave fiber-optic sensor

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 34, 2002, Pages 7334-7338

  John, M Shelly ^a   Kishen, Anil ^a   Sing, Lim Chu ^a   Asundi, Anand ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SALIVA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; SALIVA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIA; CLADDING (COATING); DYES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; SOL-GELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EVANESCENT WAVES; XEROGELS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0036882091     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.007334     Document Type: Article

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