A nanoporous interferometric micro-sensor for biomedical detection of volatile sulphur compounds

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kumeria, Tushar ^a   Parkinson, Luke ^a   Losic, Dusan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulphide sensor; Nanoporous alumina; Oral malodour; Reflectometric interference spectroscopy; Volatile sulphur compounds

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANODIC OXIDATION; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GOLD COATINGS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INTERFEROMETRY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROSENSORS; MOLECULES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN SULPHIDE SENSORS; NANOPOROUS ALUMINA; ORAL MALODOUR; REFLECTOMETRIC INTERFERENCE SPECTROSCOPY; VOLATILE SULPHUR COMPOUNDS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84856037527     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-634     Document Type: Article

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