Sensors 2012, 12(12), 16522-16556; doi:10.3390/s121216522
Review

Recent Progress in Optical Chemical Sensors

Hummad Habib Qazi 1 email, Abu Bakar bin Mohammad 1,* email and Muhammad Akram 2 email
1 Infocomm Research Alliance (ICRA), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 22 September 2012; in revised form: 8 November 2012 / Accepted: 24 November 2012 / Published: 29 November 2012
(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)
PDF Full-text Download PDF Full-Text [472 KB, uploaded 29 November 2012 10:47 CET]
Abstract: Optical chemical sensors have promoted escalating interest in the determination of various pollutants in the environment, which are creating toxicity and may cause serious health problems. This review paper focuses particularly on the recent progress and developments in this field; the working principles and basic classes of optical chemical sensors have been briefly described.
Keywords: optical chemical sensors; fiber optic chemical sensors; integrated optical sensors; chemo-optical sensor

Article Statistics

Click here to load and display the download statistics.

Cite This Article

MDPI and ACS Style

Qazi, H.H.; Mohammad, A.B.; Akram, M. Recent Progress in Optical Chemical Sensors. Sensors 2012, 12, 16522-16556.

AMA Style

Qazi HH, Mohammad AB, Akram M. Recent Progress in Optical Chemical Sensors. Sensors. 2012; 12(12):16522-16556.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Qazi, Hummad H.; Mohammad, Abu B.; Akram, Muhammad. 2012. "Recent Progress in Optical Chemical Sensors." Sensors 12, no. 12: 16522-16556.

Sensors EISSN 1424-8220 Published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland RSS E-Mail Table of Contents Alert