A Light Emitting Diode Improves Evanescent Excitation of a Fiber Optic Cocaine Biosensor
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Analytical Letters
- Vol. 29 (1) , 29-33
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00032719608000389
Abstract
The replacement of the quartz halogen lamp of an ORD fluorometer with a high brightness blue-light-emitting diode enhanced evanescent excitation of benzoylecgonine-fluorescein bound to the mAbs immobilized on quartz fibers and gave stronger optical signals.Keywords
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