Optical Chemical Sensors

List of contributors. Preface. Director’s list of participants. Editorial. List of the ISQE courses. 1. Birth of the maser and laser; C.H.Townes. 2. Fiber optic chemical sensors and biosensors: a view back; O.S.Wolfbeis and B.M.Weidgans.-
Fundamentals of optical chemical sensing. 3. Fundamentals of optoelectronics; A.Dybko. 4. Optical fibres for optical sensing; I. Kasik et al. 5. Absorption-based sensors; A.Lobnik. 6. Fluorescence-based sensors; G.Orellana. 7. Vibrational spectroscopic sensors; M.Kraft. 8. Chemiluminescence-based sensors; L.J.Blum and C.A.Marquette. 9. Sensors based on spectroscopy of guided waves; J.Homola. 10. Planar optical sensors and evanescent wave effects; C.S.Burke et al. 11. Interferometry in bio and chemosensing; G.Gauglitz. l2. Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy; T.Vo-Dinh and F.Yan. 13. Planar waveguiding systems for optical sensing; P.V.Lambeck and H.J.W.M.Hoekstra. 14. Ultracompact optical sensors based on high index-contrast photonic structures; A.Driessen et al. 15. Polymers in optical sensors; G.J.Mohr. 16. Fundamentals of enzyme-based sensors; M.C. Moreno-Bondi and Elena Benito-Peña. 17. Sol-gels for optical sensors; H.Podbielska, et al. 18 Methods for attachment of antibodies onto optical biosensors; E.Brynda.-
Applications of optical chemical sensing. 19. The optical nose ; D.R.Walt and T.Sternfeld. 20. Invasive sensors in medicine; F.Baldini. 21 Biosensors for detection of bioterrorist threats; F.S.Ligler. 22. Review of methods of optical gas detection by direct optical spectroscopy, with emphasis on correlation spectroscopy; J.P.Dakin and P.Chambers. 23. DNA and protein sensor arrays; C.Preininger. 24. Sensors for food safety and security; D.B.Papkovsky. 25. Optical chemical sensors for cultural heritage; G.Cristoforetti, et al.-
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