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Title: Pesticides sensing by surface plasmon resonance

Conference ·
OSTI ID:276307
 [1]; ; ;  [2]
  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation). Shemyakin Inst. of Bioorganic Chemistry
  2. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation). General Physics Inst.

High toxicity of pesticides and their wide use in agriculture, represent a general danger for environmental welfare and could become a real threat to life. Screening of pesticides in the environment has become very important during last years due to low threshold values for pesticides in drinking water. An optical biosensor has been developed for detection of pesticides, based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique. Concentration of the pesticides was measured in liquid or gas. The authors specially originated organic film on a disposable element. A setup on the base of the Kretschmann arrangement was improved by using a computer-controlled angular scanning system. The detection concentration limit of dinitrophenole (DNP) was 10{sup {minus}9} M. Some samples exhibited effect down to 10{sup {minus}11} M of DNP. The results obtained provide reason for further development of SPR sensor as applied to pesticides monitoring.

OSTI ID:
276307
Report Number(s):
CONF-9411144-; ISBN 0-8194-1713-0; TRN: IM9636%%102
Resource Relation:
Conference: Optical sensing for environmental and process monitoring, McLean, VA (United States), 7-10 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Optical sensors for environmental and chemical process monitoring; Aggarwal, I.D.; Farquharson, S.; Koglin, E. [eds.]; PB: 254 p.; Proceedings/SPIE, Volume 2367
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English