Optical NO2 sensing based on sol-gel entrapped azobenzene dyes

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Worsfold, O ^a   Malins, C ^b   Forkan, M G ^a   Peterson, I R ^a,c   MacCraith, B D ^b   Walton, D J ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c Nima Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AZO DYES; CHROMOPHORES; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AZOBENZENE DYES; OPTICAL NITROGEN DIOXIDE SENSING; SOL GEL IMMOBILIZATION;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0345201689     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(99)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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