Tailoring the Field Distribution of ZnO by Polyaniline for SPR-Based Fiber Optic Detection of Hardness of the Drinking Water

Plasmonics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 483-492

  Tabassum, Rana ^a   Gupta, Banshi D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate ions; Carbonate ions; Nanocomposite; Optical fiber; Sensor; Surface plasmon; Water hardness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961127481     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-015-0079-z     Document Type: Article

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