Analytical devices based on light-emitting diodes - A review of the state-of-the-art

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 853, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-58

  Bui, Duy Anh ^a   Hauser, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Analytical devices; Fluorescence; Light emitting diode; Photodiode; Review

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DIODES; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTODIODES; REVIEWS;

ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS; ABSORBANCES; ANALYTICAL DEVICES; ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; FLOWTHROUGH; GASPHASE; LIGHT INTENSITY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BATCH PROCESS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLOW THROUGH DETECTOR; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GAS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIQUID; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; REVIEW; SENSOR; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84922431649     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.09.044     Document Type: Review

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