OPD: Optical fibre sensors: environmental applications

Chair: P Scully, University of Manchester (UK)

13:45	Fibre Optic Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms in seawater E O'Connell, W Lyons, E Lewis University of Limerick (Republic of Ireland)
14:00	Optical fibre biosensor for oxygen and glucose monitoring based on Ruthenium/ORMOCERÒ/Enzyme layers V Matejec, J Mrazek, S Dzyadevych^1, O Podrazky, K Rose^2, G Kuncova^3, L Sasek^4, N Jaffrezic-Renault^5, P J Scully^6, J S Young^6 Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) ^1Institute of Molecular Biology & Genetics (Ukraine) ^2Fraunhofer Institut Silicatforschung (Germany) ^3Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals (Czech Republic) ^4SAFIBRA s.r.o (Czech Republic) ^5Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France) ^6University of Manchester (UK)
14:15	On-board monitoring of exhaust emissions using a uv optical fibre based sensor G Dooly, E Lewis, C Fitzpatrick University of Limerick (Republic of Ireland)
14:30	Measurement of horseradish peroxidase activity based on measurement of oxygen concentration using a novel fluorescent lifetime optrode P Roche, R Narayanaswamy University of Manchester (UK)
14:45	Fibre Bragg grating based hydrogen sensing R R Maier, J S Barton, J D Jones, S McCulloch^1, B J Jones^1 Heriot Watt University (UK) ^1AWE Plc (UK)
15:00	Hydrogen sensing using palladium coated long period gratings R R Maier, T Allsop, R Neal^1, J S Barton^2, D J Webb^3, I Bennion Aston University (UK) ^1University of Plymouth (UK) ^2Heriot Watt University (UK)