Optical Chemical Sensors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baldini, F. (Editor), Chester, A.N (Editor), Homola, J. (Editor), Martellucci, S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 224
• Subjects: Engineering.; Analytical chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Organic Chemistry.; Analytical Chemistry.

Chemical sensing using optics is under extensive research all over the world and many optical chemical sensors are finding increasing application in industry, environmental monitoring, medicine, biomedicine and chemical analysis. This is evidenced by an annual growth in the number of international s...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of optical chemical sensing
• FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTOELECTRONICS
• OPTICAL FIBRES FOR OPTICAL SENSING
• ABSORPTION-BASED SENSORS
• FLUORESCENCE-BASED SENSORS
• VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPIC SENSORS Fundamentals, Instrumentation and Applications
• CHEMILUMINESCENCE-BASED SENSORS
• SENSORS BASED ON SPECTROSCOPY OF GUIDED WAVES
• PLANAR OPTICAL SENSORS AND EVANESCENT WAVE EFFECTS
• INTERFEROMETRY IN BIO- AND CHEMOSENSING
• SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING
• PLANAR WAVEGUIDING SYSTEMS FOR OPTICAL SENSING
• ULTRACOMPACT OPTICAL SENSORS BASED ON HIGH INDEX-CONTRAST PHOTONIC STRUCTURES
• POLYMERS FOR OPTICAL SENSORS
• FUNDAMENTALS OF ENZYME-BASED SENSORS
• SOL-GELS FOR OPTICAL SENSORS
• METHODS FOR ATTACHMENT OF ANTIBODIES ONTO OPTICAL BIOSENSORS
• BIRTH OF THE MASER AND LASER
• Applications of optical chemical sensing
• THE OPTICAL NOSE
• INVASIVE SENSORS IN MEDICINE
• BIOSENSORS FOR DETECTION OF BIOTERRORIST THREATS
• REVIEW OF METHODS OF OPTICAL GAS Detection by Direct Optical Spectroscopy, with Emphasis on Correlation Spectroscopy
• DNA AND PROTEIN SENSOR ARRAYS
• SENSORS FOR FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY
• OPTICAL CHEMICAL SENSORS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE
• FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS AND BIOSENSORS: A VIEW BACK.