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Sensors 2012, 12, 16522-16556; doi:10.3390/s121216522 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Review Recent Progress in Optical Chemical Sensors Hummad Habib Qazi 1, Abu Bakar bin Mohammad 1,* and Muhammad Akram 2 1 Infocomm Research Alliance (ICRA), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia; E-Mail: hqhummad3@live.utm.my 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia; E-Mail: sangra_utm@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: bakar@fke.utm.my; Tel.: +6-075-536-058 (ext. 6154); Fax: +6-075-536-155. Received: 22 September 2012; in revised form: 8 November 2012 / Accepted: 24 November 2012 / Published: 29 November 2012 Abstract: Optical chemical sensors have promoted escalating interest in the determination of various pollutants in the environment, which are creating toxicity and may cause serious health problems. This review paper focuses particularly on the recent progress and developments in this field; the working principles and basic classes of optical chemical sensors have been briefly described. Keywords: optical chemical sensors; fiber optic chemical sensors; integrated optical sensors; chemo-optical sensor 1. Introduction Optical chemical sensors are devices that are used to monitor the concentration of some chemical species within a sample of concern. In recent years meaningful efforts have been made to