The recent advances of polymer technology allowed the introduction of plastic optical fiber in
sensor design. The advantages of optical metrology with plastic optical fiber have attracted …

(Bio) chemical sensors are one of the most exciting fields in analytical chemistry today. The
development of these analytical devices simplifies and miniaturizes the whole analytical …

A new optical sensor has been developed for nitrite determination based on the use of
brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) immobilized on triacetyl cellulose membrane using absorption …

In this study the influence of the surface roughness on the transmission capacities of D-
shaped plastic optical fibers (POFs) and sensors performance was investigated. Five D …

The entrapment of the sensitive reagent 5-(2′-bromophenylazo)-6‑hydroxy-pyrimidine-2, 4‑
dione (BPAHPD) in a silica sol-gel thin film coated on a glass substrate has been …

Computational chemistry calculations were performed to investigate the interactions of ionic
liquids with different classes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including alcohols …

A new sensor has been developed for the determination of nitrite based on the
immobilisation of Lauth's violet on triacetyl cellulose membrane using absorption …

An optical sensor is described for a sensitive and selective spectrophotometric
determination of Pb (II) ions in aqueous solution. A sensor membrane based on 4-hydroxy …

In this paper, a computer controlled microreactor to synthesize water soluble CdS and
CdS/ZnS nanocrystals with in situ monitoring of the reaction progress is developed. It is …

Although many Pb 2+-selective optodes have been developed so far, methods using optical
sensor membranes have not become widespread in environmental analytical practice. In …