Optical Chemical Sensors - NATO Science Series II 2006 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: 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-Pena. 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.- Index"Publisher Marketing: The book is the output of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Optical Chemical Sensors and is 40th Course of the International School of Quantum Electronics and covers all the aspects related to optical chemical sensing by means of optical waveguides, from the fundamentals to the most recent applications. The book also provides a view through the history of the development of these sensors, from the first laboratory prototypes up to the first commercial instrumentations, and contains also the lecture given by the Nobel Prize Charles Townes on the birth of maser and laser, which is to be considered a very important illustration on how new science and new technology develop.