Demonstration of low-cost and compact SPR optical transducer through edge light coupling

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Manjunath Somarapalli¹  Kartik Koul²  Rimli Lahon³  Sakoolkan Boonruang⁴  Waleed S. Mohammed¹ 

[1] School of Engineering, Bangkok University;Centre for Nanotechnology Research (CNR), Vellore Institute of Technology;Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University;Photonics Technology Laboratory

关键词: gold;    optical glass;    organic compounds;    transducers;    surface plasmon resonance;    light emitting diodes;    fibre optic sensors;    three-dimensional printing;    optical fabrication;    chemical sensors;    chemical variables measurement;    refractive index;    optical fibre couplers;    SPR optical transducer;    edge light coupling;    surface plasmon resonance;    sensing applications;    off-shelf white light-emitting diode;    gold coated glass slide;    bare multimode optical fibre;    incident angle;    commercial spectrometer;    three-dimensional printing technology;    glycerol solutions;    detection limit;    RIU;    refractive index unit;    mass production;    Au;   

DOI  :  10.1049/mnl.2017.0048

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Objective: Epidural labour analgesia has not been fully accepted and is not routinely practised in most of the centres in developing countries despite many advantages of this technique. Number of patients who demand labour analgesia is remarkably low in our hospital although the service is available. The aim of this study was to find out the awareness and attitude of pregnant Indian women attending antenatal clinic of our hospital towards labour analgesia. Methodology: Two hundred consecutive women attending antenatal clinic of our hospital and willing to participate in the study were included in the survey; they were interviewed using a questionnaire that determined their knowledge of and attitudes regarding labour analgesia.

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