Nanostructured fiber optic sensors for detection of volatile organic compounds in breath

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6083, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ruan, H ^a   Kang, Y ^a   Wang, Y X ^a   Claus, R O ^b  

^a NANOSONIC INC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Nanostructured sensor; Non invasive measurement; Optical fiber sensor; Self assembly; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BREATH CONTROLLED DEVICES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHANE; FIBER OPTICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS;

ELECTROSTATIC SELFASSEMBLY; NANOSTRUCTURED SENSORS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; POLYMER THIN FILMS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33646180393     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.651403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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