Fibre-optic evanescent sensing of gaseous ammonia with two forms of a new near-infrared dye in comparison to phenol red

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 37-45

  Scorsone, Emmanurel ^a   Christie, Simon ^a   Persaud, Krishna C ^a   Šimon, Peter ^b   Kvasnik, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Evanescent; Fibre optic; Near infrared dye; Optical sensor; Phenol red

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CLADDING (COATING); DYES; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; MOISTURE; PHENOLS; SILICA;

PLASTIC CLAD SILICA (PCS) FIBERS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0037457425     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00019-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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