Design of a low-cost optical instrument for pH fluorescence measurements

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1215-1221

  Ferrero Martín, Francisco Javier ^a   Campo Rodriguez, Juan Carlos ^a   Alvarez Antón, Juan Carlos ^a   Viera Pérez, Juan Carlos ^a   Sánchez Barragán, Israel ^a   Costa Fernández, Jose Manuel ^a   Sanz Medel, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Microcontroller ( C); Optical sensor; pH; Ratiometric measurements; Sol gel matrix

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MICROCONTROLLERS; PH; PHOTODIODES; SOL-GELS;

FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; ORGANIC PH INDICATOR; RATIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33746354002     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.877750     Document Type: Article

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