title: Luminescence sensors applied to water analysis of organic pollutants--an update.
abstract: The development of chemical sensors for environmental analysis based on fluorescence, phosphorescence and chemiluminescence signals continues to be a dynamic topic within the sensor field. This review covers the fundamentals of this type of sensors, and an update on recent works devoted to quantifying organic pollutants in environmental waters, focusing on advances since about 2005. Among the wide variety of these contaminants, special attention has been paid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, explosives and emerging organic pollutants. The potential of coupling optical sensors with multivariate calibration methods in order to improve the selectivity is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Química Rosario (CONICET-UNR), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531 (2000) Rosario, Argentina. ibanez@iquir-conicet.gov.ar
authors.forename: Gabriela A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ibañez
authors.forename: Graciela M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Escandar
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D049449:Luminescence; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D014873:Water Pollutants