Is smaller better?-Scaling of characteristics with size of fiber-optic chemical and biochemical sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2836, Issue , 1996, Pages 2-11

  Kopelman, Raoul ^a   Dourado, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

biochemical sensors; chemical sensors; fiber optic sensors; fluorophore; nano optodes.; Optodes; optrodes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FLUOROPHORES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ABSOLUTE DETECTION LIMITS; BIO-CHEMICAL SENSOR; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; OPTODES; OPTRODES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO DECREASE; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0041060584     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.260577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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