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Composites for Optical Sensors

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Dye-based, polymer-based, metal oxide-based and sol-gel composites acceptable for application in optical gas sensors are discussed in present chapter. Requirements to the components of composites for achievement requirement properties, as well advantages and disadvantages of these composites for application in optical sensors are analyzed. Chapter includes 5 figures, 8 Tables and 67 references.

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Korotcenkov, G. (2014). Composites for Optical Sensors. In: Handbook of Gas Sensor Materials. Integrated Analytical Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7388-6_15

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