Dynamic behavior of sol-gel gel-glass based thermochromic material applied toward development of practical optical temperature sensors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2620-2624

  Matías, Lgnacio R ^a,d,e,f,g   López Amo, Manuel ^a,d,h   Fiksman, Gennady ^b,d,i,j   Otón, José M ^b,d   Levy, David ^c   Del Monte, Francisco ^c  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Alcatel SESA Research Center   (Spain)

^f HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^j VERIZON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Sol gel process; Temperature sensors; Thermochromic materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542465897     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601761     Document Type: Article

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