Ionic optodes: role in fiber optic chemical sensor technology

✍ Scribed by Kevin Langry; B Rambabu

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 233 KB
• Volume: 74
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0268-2575
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4660(199908)74:8<717::aid-jctb105>3.0.co;2-w

✦ Synopsis

Fiber optic chemical sensors and solid state devices are two versatile sensing technologies for detecting analytes in a host of media. Obvious differences distinguish these technologies: however, they share signi®cant features and issues related to analyte identi®cation and selectivity. This report reviews transduction schemes used in ®ber optic sensors for monitoring aqueous ionic species and examines some critical concerns that may hinder commercial acceptance.