Characterisation of novel refractometric sensing systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5993, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Copperwhite, Robert ^a   Town, Graham ^b   Kribich, Kada Raphael ^c   Oubaha, Mohamed ^a   Hradil, Jan ^a   Barry, Henry ^a   Kent, Nigel ^a   O'Dwyer, Kieran ^a   MacCraith, Brian D ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bio sensor; Humidity; Laser Writing; MCDC; MMIC; Refractometric sensor; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOL-GELS;

BIO-DIAGNOSTIC MONITORING; LASER WRITING; REFRACTOMETRIC SENSOR;

SENSORS;

EID: 33644589797     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.631342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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