Sensitive chemical optic sensor using birefringent porous glass for the detection of volatile organic compounds

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 854-860

  Pinet, Éric ^a   Dubé, Stéphane ^a,b   Vachon Savary, Maxim ^a   Côté, Jean Sébastien ^a   Poliquin, Manon ^a  

^a FISO Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^b Fabpro Tech Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air monitoring; Birefringence; Capillary condensation; Chemical sensor; Color change; Microporous silica structure; Optical anisotropy; Phase shift; Polarized light; Solvent vapor detection

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ADSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE SHIFT; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TUNING; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR MONITORING; CAPILLARY CONDENSATION; CHEMICAL SENSOR; COLOR CHANGE; MICROPOROUS SILICA STRUCTURE; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; SOLVENT VAPOR DETECTION;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 33746885912     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.877994     Document Type: Article

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