High performance optical sensing of alcohol by guided wave mode geometry composed of two polymer layers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-259

  Nagamura, Toshihiko ^a   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a   Matsumoto, Ryuji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol sensor; Fluorescence; Guided wave mode; Rhodamine B base; Selectivity; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; ALCOHOL SENSING; ALCOHOL SENSOR; BASE SELECTIVITY; DYE-DOPED POLYMER; EFFECT OF WATER; EQUILIBRIUM WATER CONTENTS; FAST RESPONSIVE; GUIDED WAVE MODES; KEY MATERIALS; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NON-POLAR; OPTICAL SENSING; POLYMER LAYERS; RESPONSE TIME; REVERSIBLE CHANGE; RHODAMINE B; SENSOR FILMS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WATER CONTENT;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 77949913115     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.01.062     Document Type: Article

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