Sensitivity gains in chemosensing by lasing action in organic polymers

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7035, 2005, Pages 876-879

  Rose, Almée ^a   Zhu, Zhengguo ^a   Madigan, Conor F ^b   Swager, Timothy M ^a   Bulović, Vladimir ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; EXCITONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; THIN FILMS; TOLUENE;

LASING MATERIALS; NON-RADIATIVE DEACTIVATION; OPTICAL DAMAGE THRESHOLD; TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT);

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZENE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; EXPLOSIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; TRINITROTOLUENE;

POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DEVICE; FILM; MATERIAL STATE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; OPTICAL ROTATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS; VAPOR;

EID: 17644363642     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03438     Document Type: Article

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