Environmental immunoassay for the explosive RDX using a fluorescent dye-labeled antigen and the continuous-flow immunosensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 411-418

  Bart, John C ^a   Judd, Linda L ^b   Kusterbeck, Anne W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Explosives analysis; Immunoassay; Nitroorganics; Portable sensors; RDX

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; AZO DYES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; EXPLOSIVES; FLUORESCENCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMMUNOASSAY; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; FLUORESCENT DYES;

IMMUNOSENSORS;

EID: 0031084609     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(97)80244-4     Document Type: Article

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