Characterization of long pathlength capillary waveguides for evanescent fluorescence sensing applications

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-151

  Paprocki, E D ^a   Keller, B K ^a   Palmer, C P ^a   Laws, W R ^a   DeGrandpre, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary waveguide; Evanescent wave fluorescence spectroscopy; Long pathlength

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FLUOROPHORES; FUSED SILICA; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENCE; MICROCIRCULATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; QUENCHING; SILICA; WAVEGUIDES;

A PYRENES; CAPILLARY WAVEGUIDE; CAPILLARY WAVEGUIDES; CHEMICAL SENSING; EVANESCENT WAVE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITATION LIGHTS; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; FLUORESCENCE SENSING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; INNER DIAMETERS; INNER SURFACES; INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; LONG PATHLENGTH; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 56049088478     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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