摘要:
A fiber optic sensing device for measuring a chemical or physiological parameter of a body fluid or tissue is provided. To one end of the fiber is attached a polymer including a plurality of photoactive moieties selected from the group consisting of chromophores and lumophores, the photoactive moieties spaced apart so as to minimize chemical or physical interaction therebetween while optimizing the density of photoactive moieties. In one embodiment, a polymer chain is covalently bound to photoactive moieties through functional groups such as esters, amides, or the like. In a second embodiment, a polymer chain is inherently fluorescent and is formed from at least one monomeric unit. These devices are particularly useful as pH and oxygen sensors.
摘要:
A solid state optical sensor for CO has a sensing material which includes a molybdenum, tungsten or vanadium color forming agent; a palladium, ruthenium or osmium catalyst; and an iron, chromium or cesium reversing agent. A redox property modifier and/or an interference suppressing agent may also be included. The chemistry is contained in a polymer embedding matrix, with permeation enhancer, if required. Solubility of the chemistry in the polymer matrix is enhanced by lipophilic counterions. The matrix with embedded sensing chemistry is coated on an optical substrate to form an optical transducer.
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A molybdenum salt-palladium salt solution for CO detection is made reversible by addition of ferric ion. The system is made more CO specific by adding an interference control salt which forms white or colorless precipitates with interfering species. The operational and shelf life are extended by a mixture of counterions; the acetate counterion is particularly useful.
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A base modifier is added to a pyridine/base reagent composition to improve the ability to detect halogenated hydrocarbons like TCE and chloroform. The base modifier is an organic base which facilitates formation of a stable final reaction product. New bases are also combined with pyridine.
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A sensing chemistry for halogenated hydrocarbons includes pyridine or a pyridine derivative and a strong organic alkoxide base. The sensing chemistry may be in a nonaqueous organic solvent or in a solid state matrix. The base reacts with the halohydrocarbon to produce a carbene intermediate reaction product, which in the absence of water preferentially reacts with the pyridine to form a colored and/or fluorescent product.
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Simplicity, sensitivity and versatility of optical sensors based on competitive immunoassays using antibody-antigen reactions are achieved by solid-state, single-step reactions which permit accurate sensitive qualitative and quantitative information to be obtained without human participation. All of the chemistry-biochemistry is an inherent part of the sensor. A direct reaction occurs when the sample (antigen) is brought in contact with the sensor. The sensitivity of the competitive immunoassay optical sensor is controlled and increased by selecting a tag for the antigen or altering the attachment of a tag to an antigen so that the binding of tagged antigen to an antibody is decreased relative to the binding of untagged antigen to the antibody. The user can vary size, molecular weight and geometric configuration of the tagged antigen. This can be accomplished by selecting the proper tag or by attaching the indicator material to the antigen through a spacer or by attaching the tag directly to the antigen and attaching a compound of proper molecular weight and size elsewhere. Pretreatment of the substrate to which the antibody-bound tagged antigen is immobilized to block the surface from unwanted interferences and the use of optical isolation increases sensitivity. If the tag cannot be attached to the antigen, it is attached to the antibody. Attaching the controlled size, molecular weight tag to either the antigen or antibody permits the analysis of species not normally measureable by competitive immunoassay, thus increasing the versatility of the method.
摘要:
A molybdenum, tungsten or vanadium salt-palladium, ruthenium or osmium salt solution for CO detection is made reversible by addition of ferric, chromium (VI) or cerium (IV) ion. The system is made more CO specific by adding an interference control salt which forms white or colorless precipitates with interfering species. The operational and shelf life are extended by a mixture of counterions; the acetate counterion is particularly useful.
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Single or multi-cell reservoir sensors with single illumination sources and one or more detectors per cell unit have an arrangement whereby a gaseous, vapor or liquid sample enters the cell body and interacts with a sensing solution to detect and quantify a given species. Entrance of the sample into the sensor is through an opening in the cell body which may be covered with a membrane to contain the sensing reagent and to presort the species entering the cell. Reservoir cells can be used with organic, inorganic or biochemical sensing materials. A variety of sensors as alcohol, drugs of abuse, organic halides, cyanide and inorganic ions are provided.
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An ice sensor for the remote rapid indication of ice formation or the presence of ice is a fiber optic "switch", activated by ice but not by water, and based on the difference in optical properties between water and ice. The approach is to construct a "fiber optic" which itself is the ice sensor. The fiber optic sensor (FOS) is designed so that no light is transmitted when water is present but as soon as ice begins to form, light is relayed. Thus ice switches on the light- In addition, limited quantitative information can be made available on the rate of ice formation. Alternatively the sensor can be formed of another type optical waveguide instead of an optical fiber. The ice sensor is formed by placing spaced stripes of a clad material on a fiber optic core, or other waveguide structure, where the clad has a refractive index close to ice and the core has an index greater than the clad but less than water. It is best to index match the core to the clad for optimal transmission when ice forms in the gaps between the clad stripes. The advantages of the ice sensor include: specific, sensitive, real-time response, small, light weight, inexpensive, requires no line-of-sight, EMI immune, rugged and flexible. The instrumentation needed to operate the ice FOS is simple, small, light weight, inexpensive, easy to operate, battery powered - optional, rugged, reliable and amenable to telemetry of information.
摘要:
A fiber optic element is used to detect the presence of chemical or biological species by measuring changes in the total internal reflection characteristics of the element produced by changes in the index of refraction of a clad or layer of a material which reacts with the chemical or biological species.