The development of a metal clad leaky waveguide sensor for the detection of particles

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 296-307

  Zourob, Mohammed ^a   Mohr, Stephan ^a   Brown, Bernard J Treves ^a   Fielden, Peter R ^a   McDonnell, Martin ^b   Goddard, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Evanescent wave sensor; Micoorganisms; Optical waveguide; Particles

Indexed keywords

METAL CLADDING; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; WAVEGUIDES;

EVANESCENCE;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0037457545     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00052-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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