Photonic crystal based sensor for organic solvents and for solvent-water mixtures

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 16954-16963

  Fenzl, Christoph ^a   Hirsch, Thomas ^a   Wolfbeis, Otto S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

PDMS; Photonic crystal; Sensor; Solvent polarity; Water sensor

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL/WATER MIXTURES; MONODISPERSE POLYSTYRENE; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; PDMS; SOLVENT POLARITY; SOLVENT-WATER MIXTURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WATER SENSORS;

METHANOL; MIXTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOBLEACHING; POLYSTYRENES; SENSORS; SILICONES; SOLVENTS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ALCOHOL; HEXANE; METHANOL; N-HEXANE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PHOTON;

ETHANOL; HEXANES; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 84871686134     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121216954     Document Type: Article

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