Researchers from the University of Silesia and the Institute of Low Temperatures and Structural Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) in Wrocław have developed a new method of temperature measurement that can be used to construct optical temperature sensors.

The patented solution allows to determine the temperature of objects based on radiation measurement, which is emitted by the object, but the measurement takes place without contact with the object. Optical sensors can be used in biomedical diagnostics and in measurements in toxic conditions e.g. in refineries, power plants and mines.

The authors of the invention are scientists from the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Silesia: Prof. Wojciech Pisarski and Dr Eng. Joanna Pisarska, as well as Prof. Witold Ryba-Romanowski and Dr Radosław Lisiecki from the Institute of Low Temperature and Structural Research PAN.