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Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8 (2018)
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An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) based volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor coated with ZIF-8, a material from the zeolite imidazolate framework (ZIF) family, functional coating is presented. ZIF-8 film was deposited onto the surface of t... Read More about Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8.

Carbon dioxide measurements using long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework HKUST-1 (2017)
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An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) based carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor coated with HKUST-1, a material from the metal organic framework family, functional coating is presented. In-situ crystallization and layer by layer (LbL) techniques of HKUS... Read More about Carbon dioxide measurements using long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework HKUST-1.

Polymeric optical fibre sensor coated by SiO2 nanoparticles for humidity sensing in the skin microenvironment (2017)
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The sensitivity of a low-cost polymeric optical fibre humidity sensor based on transmittance changes due to evanescent wave absorption is reported using test measurements in an environmental chamber and of the skin. The layer-by-layer method was used... Read More about Polymeric optical fibre sensor coated by SiO2 nanoparticles for humidity sensing in the skin microenvironment.

Nanoscale ultrasound-switchable FRET based liposomes for near-infrared fluorescence imaging in optically turbid media (2017)
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A new approach to fluorescence imaging in optically turbid media centered on the use of nanoscale ultrasound-switchable FRET based liposome contrast agents is reported. Liposomes containing lipophilic carbocyanine dyes as FRET pairs with emission wav... Read More about Nanoscale ultrasound-switchable FRET based liposomes for near-infrared fluorescence imaging in optically turbid media.

Ultrasound induced fluorescence of nanoscale liposome contrast agents (2016)
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A new imaging contrast agent is reported that provides an increased fluorescent signal upon application of ultrasound (US). Liposomes containing lipids labelled with pyrene were optically excited and the excimer fluorescence emission intensity was de... Read More about Ultrasound induced fluorescence of nanoscale liposome contrast agents.

Simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements in a mechanical ventilator using an optical fibre sensor (2016)
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An optical fibre sensor for simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements consisting of one fibre Bragg grating (FBG) to measure temperature and a mesoporous film of bilayers of Poly(allylamine hydrochloride)(PAH) and silica (SiO2) nanoparticles... Read More about Simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements in a mechanical ventilator using an optical fibre sensor.

Characterization and use of a fiber optic sensor based on PAH/SiO2 film for humidity sensing in ventilator care equipment (2016)
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Objective: To develop a compact probe that can be used to monitor humidity in ventilator care equipment. A mesoporous film of alternate layers of Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and silica (SiO2) nanoparticles (bilayers), deposited onto an optic... Read More about Characterization and use of a fiber optic sensor based on PAH/SiO2 film for humidity sensing in ventilator care equipment.

Multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging using a high frame rate CMOS sensor with a field programmable gate array (2015)
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A system has been developed in which multi-exposure Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI) is implemented using a high frame rate CMOS imaging sensor chip. Processing is performed using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The system allows differe... Read More about Multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging using a high frame rate CMOS sensor with a field programmable gate array.

Government policy and healthcare management: proposal of a shared decision-making model (2015)
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As a consequence of the current economic crisis many changes have been introduced to health systems on national levels to reduce expenditure and to introduce more cost-effective methods. Then recent developments in medical technology have led to a sh... Read More about Government policy and healthcare management: proposal of a shared decision-making model.

Numerical investigation of the mechanisms of ultrasound-modulated bioluminescence tomography (2015)
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Objective: A hybrid imaging technique, Ultrasound Modulated Luminescence Tomography, that uses ultrasound to modulate diffusely propagating light has been shown to improve the spatial resolution of optical images. This paper is to investigate the und... Read More about Numerical investigation of the mechanisms of ultrasound-modulated bioluminescence tomography.