TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of polymer coated AgClBr fibers for fiberoptic evanescent wave spectroscopy (FEWS) of biological fluids
AU - Bormashenko, Edward
AU - Pogreb, Roman
AU - Sutovski, Simyon
AU - Vaserman, Irena
AU - Katzir, Abraham
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Silver halide IR-transmitting fibers were coated with polymer films in order to protect them from deterioration caused by interaction with biological fluids. Such coated fibers can be used for human blood serum analysis carried out by Fiberoptic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy (FEWS) using a Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. A dip-coating procedure was worked out for coating fibers with polystyrene or silicone-elastomer thin films. Deterioration tests of coated fibers in saline solution that imitates human blood serum salts were performed. These demonstrated that the polymer layers provide protection to the fibers, while making it possible to carry out FEWS measurements.
AB - Silver halide IR-transmitting fibers were coated with polymer films in order to protect them from deterioration caused by interaction with biological fluids. Such coated fibers can be used for human blood serum analysis carried out by Fiberoptic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy (FEWS) using a Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. A dip-coating procedure was worked out for coating fibers with polystyrene or silicone-elastomer thin films. Deterioration tests of coated fibers in saline solution that imitates human blood serum salts were performed. These demonstrated that the polymer layers provide protection to the fibers, while making it possible to carry out FEWS measurements.
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AN - SCOPUS:0032637218
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 3570
SP - 100
EP - 106
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - Proceedings of the 1998 Biomedical Sensors, Fibers, and Optical Delivery Systems
Y2 - 8 September 1998 through 10 September 1998
ER -