Microsystems for optical gas sensing incorporating the solvatochromic dye Nile Red

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Li, Dong ^a   Mills, Christopher A ^a   Cooper, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micro gas sensor; Microstructure glass; Nile Red; Polymer matrices; Solvatochromic dye

Indexed keywords

DYES; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL SENSORS;

SOLVATOCHROMIC DYES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0038248927     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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