title: Current developments in optical biochemical sensors.
abstract: By combining modern fibre optics and opto-electronic instrumentation with chemical and biochemical reagent systems, it has become possible to fabricate optical biosensors. The current state of the art in this development is reviewed in this paper. Many developments describe selective and sensitive methods for sensing bioanalytes and it is likely that such a development will continue to be a very active area of analytical research. However, these biosensing devices can be regarded as successful only if their practicality and reliability can be demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Instrumentation and Analytical Science, UMIST, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Narayanaswamy
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000032:analysis; D000468:Alkalies / Q000032:analysis; D000941:Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006221:Halothane / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D000468:Alkalies; D000941:Antigens; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005947:Glucose; D010100:Oxygen; D006221:Halothane